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INCIDENTAL  TO  THE   ERECTION  AND 
DEDICATION  OF  THE 


CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 


RECEPTION  AND  ENTERTAINMENT  OF   RENOWNED  SOUTHERN   GENERALS 

AND  OTHER  DISTINGUISHED  PERSONAGES,  AT  CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS; 

LUNCHEON  AND  BANQUET  GIVEN  THEM  AT  CINCINNATI, 

OHIO,  AND  THEIR   MILITARY  GREETING  AT 

FORT  THOMAS,  KENTUCKY, 

MAY  29— JUNE  1, 

1895. 


JNO.  C/ UNDERWOOD,  C.E.,  A.M. 

MAJOR-GENERAL    U.    C.    V. 


UUustratefc. 


SOUVENIR  EDITION. 


CHICAGO: 

WM.  JOHNSTON  PRINTING  COMPANY. 
1896. 


COPYRIGHT  1896, 

BY 

JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD. 
(All  rights  reserved.) 


DRAWINGS  AND  ENGRAVINGS  BY 

FRANKLIN  ENGRAVING  AND  ELECTROTYHING  CO. 
CHICAGO 


1 6 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 

AND    BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 

Landscape    scene   in    Oakwoods    cemetery,    Chicago,    showing    the 

Confederate  monument  as  it  stands      ......     Illuminated  Frontispiece 

PAGE. 

Military  Scene — Inspection  of  the  Black  Hussars,  the  cavalry  escort  at  the  dedication 

of  the  Confederate  monument  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago,  May  30,  1895     .       xii 
Ornate  patriotic  corner  piece  (reduced  and  reproduced  on  type  pages)      ....          i 

Maj.-Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  of  Kentucky 2 

Lieut. -Gen.  John.  B.  Gordon  of  Georgia 10 

GROUP:     ACTIVE  STAFF  OF  PROV.  DEPT.  OF  THE  NORTH,  U.  C.  V. 

Brig. -Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt          Kentucky. 

Col.  Albert  Akers         .  District  Columbia. 

Col.  Jos.  Desha  Pickett Kentucky. 

Col.  R.  H.  Stewart Illinois. 

Col.  Sam'l  J.  Sullivan Illinois. 

Col.  L.  Tierman  Brien Maryland. 

Lieut. -Col.  Lute  C.  Norman  .      .      .      .      .       Kentucky. 

Maj.  Frank  V.  Robinson District  Columbia. 

Mrs.  R.  L.  Henry,  of  Chicago 24 

GROUP:     LADY  ASSISTANTS. 

Miss  Virginia  L.  Mitchell .       West  Virginia. 

Miss  Marie  Louise  Longstreet Georgia. 

Miss  Marie  Armontine  Sanders Georgia. 

Miss  Amanda  C.  Childress Louisiana.  I         g 

Miss  Margaret  Cox District  Columbia. 

Miss  Nannie  Heth District  Columbia. 

Mrs.  Marcus  J.  Wright District  Columbia. 

Miss  Fannie  M.  Scott Arkansas. 

U.  S.  Eagle  and  Shield,  esto  perpetua      ....  29 

Ferdinand  W.  Peck,  Esq..  of  Chicago 32 

Lieut. -Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  of  Mississippi 34 

Hon.  Geo.  B.  Swift,  Mayor  of  Chicago 36 

Col.  Henry  L.  Turner  of  Chicago •    .  •        3^ 

Lieut. -Gen  John  M.  Schofield,  United  States  Army 42 

Lieut. -Gen.  James  Longstreet  of  Georgia 44 

Maj.-Gen.  M.  C.  Butler  of  South  Carolina       .        . 46 

Brig. -Gen.  John  C.  Black  of  Illinois •    .      .       50 

Maj.-Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee  of  Virginia 52 

Lieut. -Gen.  Wade  Hampton  of  South  Carolina  (Washington,  D.  C.)  . .    .      .      .      .        56 

Rev.  H.  W.  Thomas  of  Chicago 58 

Adjt-Gen.  Alfred  Orendorff  of  Illinois   .._-....  *  62 

Maj.  Holmes  Conrad  of  Virginia  (Washington,  D   C.) 66 

Maj.-Gen.  H.  Kyd  Douglas  of  Maryland 68 


PAGE. 

Maj.-Gen.  Henry  Heth  of  Virginia  (Washington,  D.  C.) ,     ',  76 

Maj. -Gen.  S.  G.  French  of  Florida 78 

Judge  W.  L.  Calhoun  of  Georgia 80 

Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones  of  Chicago • 82 

GROUP:     STAFF  OF  Div.  OF  THE  NORTHWEST,  U.  C.  V. 

Lieut. -Col.  Geo.  Forrester     .      .      .      .      .      .     .      .      ...       Chicago. 

Lieut. -Col.  R.  Lee  France    .   -  .      .      .      .  .      .      .      .       Chicago. 

Lieut. -Col.  Jere  S.  White      .      .      ...      .      .      .      .      ,       Chicago. 

Lieut.-Col.  John  W.  White  .      ,      .      . Chicago.  }-      84 

Maj.  Benjamin  F.  Jenkins . •     ."  »       Chicago. 

Maj.  Chas.  R.  Tucker      .      .      .      .    •'.      .-.'•.      .      .      .        Chicago. 

Capt.  Wm.  B.  Phipps        .      .      .      ."....>      .      .      .      .       Chicago. 

The  Confederate  monument  at  Chicago ...      .      .      .      .      .      .        86 

The  bronze  statue  on  monument  at  Chicago     .  88 

Two  bronze  panels  on  monument  pedestal  at  Chicago f  90 

Bronze  and  granite  panels  on  monument  pedestal  at  Chicago    ....  .      .       92 

Goddess  of  Liberty  vignette,  invitation,  etc 94 

GROUP:     COMDR.  AND  COMP.  STAFF,  CONFED.  MEMO.  PARADE. 

Maj.-Gen.  John  C.  Underwood Kentucky. 

Gen.  Jos.  P.  Ellacott Chicago. 

Gen.  Chas.  S.  Bentley Chicago. 

Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones        .      .  .    • ..  • Chicago.  96 

Mr.  Alexander  H.  Revell      ...    V     .      ...      .      .      .       Chicago. 

Capt.  Malcom  McNeill     .      .      .      ...      .      .      .      .      .       Chicago. 

Mr.  Chas.  U.  Gordon Chicago. 

Capt.  M.  L.  C.  Funkhouser  of  Chicago 98 

Liberty  Bell  and  ringing  party 100 

Maj.  Alfred  Russell  of  Chicago    .      .      .      .  \   .      . .      .      102 

Detachment  of  Black  Hussars  of  Chicago  ...  .     •. 104 

Rev.  H.  W.  Bolton  of  Chicago .      .      .      108 

Rev.  Jos.  Uesha  Pickett  of  Kentucky  (River  Forrest,  111.) 114 

Lieut. -Gen.  Wade  Hampton  delivering  dedicatory  address         116 

Maj.  Henry  T.  Stanton  of  Kentucky 124 

Rt.  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows  of  Chicago 132 

GROUP:       MONUMENTING  THE  CANNON. 

Miss  Lucy  Lee  Hill Kentucky. 

Mrs.  Alice  Pickett  Akers        .      ....     .      .      .      .      .       District  Columbia. 

Miss  Laura  L.  Mitchell    .      .      .      .      .      .  .       West  Virginia.  134 

Miss  Isabelle  Armstrong  .      .      .      .      .  '    .      ...       District  Columbia. 

Mrs.  Katie  Cabell  Cur rie       .      .      .      ....      .       Texas. 

Scenes  in  cemetery — spiking  and  consecrating  one  of  the  guns 136 

GROUP:     FIELD  AND  STAFF  FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY,  I.  N.  G. 

Lieut.-Col.  Geo.  V.  Lauman .      .      .      .       Chicago. 

Maj.  Jos.  B.  Sanborn Chicago. 

Maj.   Edgar  B.  Tolman    .      .      ." Chicago. 

Maj.   Jas.  M.  Eddy,  Jr.     .  '.  Chicago. 

Maj.   Chas.  Adams      . .  .      .        Chicago. 

Capt.  Wm.  L.  DeRemer Chicago. 

Capt.  John  W,  Streeter Chicago. 

Capt.  Hiram  W.  Thomas Chicago. 

Capt.  Eugene  R.  Cox Chicago. 

Capt.  Adolphus  L.  Bell          .      .        Chicago. 


GROUP:     PLACING  FLORAL  DECORATIONS. 

Miss  Eliza  Seldon  Washington  .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .         West  Virginia. 

Miss  Catherine  Stewart .;'•••         Chicago. 

Miss  Marion  Sullivan        ...      .      .      .      ...      .         Chicago. 

Mrs.  R.  L.  Walker      .      .      .      ...         -.-.',      .      .         Georgia. 

Miss  Blanche  McCollum Georgia. 

Miss  Laura  McCollum Georgia. 

Platoon  of  Company  D  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G 142 

Maj.  H.  G.  Purinton  of  Chicago 144 

Squad  of  Company  M  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  at  a  rally ^5 

GROUP:     COMPANY  COMMANDERS  FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY  I.  N.  G. 

Capt.  Jos.  H.  Barnett Chicago. 

Capt.  Edw.  H.  Switzer Chicago. 

Capt.  Wm.  F.  Knoch Chicago. 

Capt.  Benj.  F.  Patrick,  Jr Chicago. 

Capt.  Anson  L.  Bolte        ....  Chicago. 

Capt.  Wm.  J.  Sanderson        .      .      .      ,'.--'.-.      .      ....      .       Chicago. 

Capt.  Sherman  W.  Smith      .      .      .      ...      .    ./   .      .      .       Chicago. 

Capt.  Chas.  B.  Sandham Chicago. 

Capt.  Timothy  M.  Kennedy        ..',..      .      ...      .        Chicago. 

Capt.  Thos.  W.  Cole Chicago. 

Capt.  Alexander  M.  Daniels Chicago. 

Lieut.  Leon  Rosenthal Chicago. 

Capt.  Thomas  S.  Quincey  of  Chicago 150 

Messrs.  A.  G.  Corre  and  D.  C.  Shears,  props.  Grand  Hotel,  Cincinnati   ....      152 

Mr.  Maurice].  Freiberg  of  Cincinnati        .      . 154 

Mr.  E.  O.  McCormick  of  Cincinnati ...      156 

Brig. -Gen.  Marcus  J.  Wright  of  Tennessee  (Washington,  DC) 160 

Ornamental  invitation  to  Cincinnati  banquet 165 

Ornamented  program  of  addresses,  toasts  and  responses  at  Cincinnati  banquet     .      166 

Ornamented  menu  of  Cincinnati  banquet 167 

Mr.  James  M.  Glenn  of  Cincinnati 168 

Col.  Albert  Akers  of  Tennessee  (Washington,  D.  C.) 170 

Maj. -Gen.  J.  D.  Cox  of  Ohio '.  '  . 176 

Maj.  H.  P.  Lloyd  of  Cincinnati    .      .      •      .      -.      .      .   ;  .      . 180 

Brig. -Gen.  Eppa  Hunton  of  Virginia       ...      ...» 182 

Brig. -Gen.  Michael  Ryan  of  Cincinnati 186 

Maj.  Robt.  W.  Hunter  of  Virginia  (Washington,  D.  C.) 188 

Col.  M.  A.  Cochran,  U.  S.  Army 190 

Capt.  H.  Beverly  Littlepage  of  Virginia  (Washington,  D.  C.) 194 

Maj. -Gen.  L.  L.  Lomax  of  Virginia  (Washington,  D.  C.) 200 

Capt.  John  W.  Drew  of  District  of  Columbia 202 

Col.  S.  A.  Cunningham  of  Tennessee     .      . 204 

Maj. -Gen.  E.  C.  Walthall  of  Mississippi 208 

Brig. -Gen.  Wm.  H.  Jackson  of  Tennessee 210 

Mrs.  Sarah  Bell  Waller  (deceased)  of  Chicago '212 

Ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago,   decorating  Federal  soldiers'  graves       .      .     214 

Maj. -Gen.  Lewis  B.  Parsons  of  Illinois       .      , 216 

Col.  Chas.  R.  E.  Koch  of  Chicago 218 

Gen.  Thos.  G.  Lawler,  Commander-in-chief  G.  A.  R 222 


Mr.  A.  O.  Slaughter  of  Chicago 224 

Mr.  Potter  Palmer  of  Chicago .'    .  226 

Mr.  H.  N.  Higinbotham  of  Chicago 228 

Mr.  Lyman  J.  Gage  of  Chicago '    •  230 

Hon.  C.  B.  Farwell  of  Chicago 232 

Hon.  Washington  Hesing  of  Chicago     .  234 

Mr.  M.  E.  Ingalls  of  Cincinnati 236 

Mr.  Chas.  K.  Lord  of  Baltimore 238 

Mr.  J.  T.  Harahan  of  Chicago 240 

Mr.  Geo.  M.  Pullman  of  Chicago 242 

Mrs.  Caroline  Moerlein  of  Cincinnati 246 

Maj.  J.  A.  Eberhardt  of  Cincinnati 246 

President  and  ex-presidents  of  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago   .      .      .  250 
Company  M,  First  regiment,  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  Capt.  Edw.  H.  Switzer,  command- 
ing, firing  a  volley  in  Augusta,  Ga 284 

INDEX. 

Accounts  of  receipts  and  disbursements 258-269 

Armour,  Philip  D.,  reference  to 225 

Beasley,  W.  F.,  reference  to 203 

Belknap,  J.  S.,  reference  to 207 

Black  Hussars,  roster  of  officers  and  troopers  of,  at  inspection,  March  29,  1896    .      .        xi 

Black,  John  C.,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet 49.  5 1.  53 

Bolton,   H.  W.: 

Address  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 109-113 

Presiding   at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 109-143 

Butler,  Matthew  C.: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet 47~49 

Remarks  in  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce 159 

Calhoun,  W.  L.,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet 81 

Campbell,  T.  W.: 

Reference  to 207 

Letter  of 281,  282 

Chicago,  carriage   drive    through  and  departure  from         .      .  151 

Chicago  southern  movement,  endorsement  of         274-280 

Chicago  Veteran  Association,  letter  of       .  273 

Cochran,  M.  A. : 

Speech  at  Fort  Thomas  reception .      .      163 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 191,  192 

Committees: 

Chicago  citizens',  general  roster  of 18 

"         organization  of         ....  ...  ....        19 

Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  organization  of,  for  entertainment   .      .      .      164 

Placed  in  charge  of  monument 270 

Confederate  Memorial  parade,  reference  to 99,  101,  103,  105 

Conrad,  Holmes: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet -     .      .     "...      .       65,  67 

Remarks  in  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce    .      .      .     ,      .      ...      .      .      161 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet     .      .      .      .      .      .      ...      .     -••->'     •      •    I78-  179 

Contributors  to  monument  fund,  etc 235,  258-263,  265,    266,  268 

Corre,  A.  G.,  reference  to  Cincinnati  entertainment 153 


PAGE. 

Couper,  J.  M.,  reference  to 206 

Cox,  J.  D.: 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 175,  177,  178 

Presiding  as  toastmaster  at  Cincinnati  banquet I75~i93 

Cunningham,  S.  A.,  reference  to 205 

Dedication  of  book,  a  sentiment  .      .      .      .      .      .      .      ....'.      *      .      .      ;          i 

Douglas,  H.  Kyd: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet 67,   69-71 

Remarks  in  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce    ..........      162 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 192,  193 

Drew,  John  W.,  reference  to        .........      ,     ......      203 

Eberhardt,  J.  A.,  reference  to 247,  248 

Erwin,  J.  B.,  reference  to       .  201 

Ex-Confederate  Association,  Camp  No.  8,  U.  C.  V ~.      .      .      .      .   251,  252 

Fallows,  Samuel,  ministerial  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 131,  133 

Farwell,  Chas.  B. : 

Reference  to 233 

Letter  of 233 

Freiberg,  Maurice  J.,  chairman  Cincinnati  Committee  of  Entertainment      .      .      .      155 
French,  Samuel  G.,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet   .      .      .      ...     -.      .      .      .       79,  81 

Funkhouser,  M.  L.  C. : 

Reference  to ....     99,  101 

Letter  of,  tendering  courtesy 272 

Gage,  Lyman  J.,  reference  to '.,...:     231 

General  thanks       .       .      .      ...      .      . .      .•  .   .      .      .      270 

Glenn,  James  M. : 

Remarks  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce •    ".      ...      .      158 

Reference  to  at  Fort  Thomas,  Ky .."...      .      163 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet •...'.      .      .      .    169,  171 

Presiding  at  Cincinnati  banquet ; .      .      ...      .   169-175 

Grand  Hotel,  Cincinnati,  reference  to 153 

Green,  Wharton  J.,  reference  to .      »      .      ,      .      t     203 

Hampton,  Wade: 

Resolution  at  Chicago  banquet 39 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet .      . •"..     .     57,    59 

Dedicatory  oration  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago       .      .      ,      .      .      .      .    117-123 

Harahan,  J.  T.,  reference  to '  .      .      .   241,  243 

Henry,  Mrs.  R.  L.,  reference  to ' 27 

Hesing,  Washington,  reference  to -•."    .      .    "•;      ..     ..     .     235 

Heth,  Henry: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet .    . »,  ..      .      .      .'      75,  77,  79 

Remarks  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce     .      .      .•     .      .      .      .      ...      162 

Higinbotham,  H.  N. : 

Reference  to .      .      .      .     229 

Letter  of    ,..      .      .      ....      .      .      .      .      .......      .  ^   . .      .     229 

Hunton,  Eppa: 

Remarks  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce    .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .      159 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet     .      .      .      .  '  .      .      .  .      .      .      .  ".      .      .    183-185 

Hunter,  Robt.  W.,  speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet  .     .      .  ....  ...  189,  191 

Imperial-Arion  Octet,  music  by         .      .      .      .  "".      >      .  .      .      .   23,  115,123,  131,  133 

Ingalls,  M.  E.,  reference  to    .      .     .'....      .     .      ,  .      .      .    "'.  .      .      .   237,  239 

Invitation  to  dedicatory   ceremonies     .      .      .      .      '.      .  .      .  .    ,      .  ...      .       94 

Jackson,  Wm.  H.,  reference  to     .      ^     .      .      .      ...  .      .      *      .  -.      .      .  209,  211 


PAGE. 

Jones,  Jenkin  Lloyd: 

Benediction  at  Chicago  banquet       ......  .81,83 

Letter  of •     ~,      . 3 

Benediction  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 143 

Koch,  Chas.  R.  E.,  reference  to 219-221 

Lawler,  Thos.  G.,  letter  of 223 

Lee,  Fitzhugh: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet  .  .  .  ..  .  *  .  .  "  .  ......  53~55 

-  Remarks  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce 159 

Lee,  Stephen  D.,  speeches  at  Chicago  banquet 35,  37,  60,  61,  63 

Littlepage,  H.  B.,  letter  and  history  of  Merimac-Monitor  naval  battle  .  .  .  195-199 

Lloyd,  H.  P.,  speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 181 

Lomax,  L  L.,  reference  to 201 

Longstreet,  James: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet         45 

Letter  of ...      .     283 

Lord,  Chas.  K.,  reference  to  .      .      .      .      .      ...      .      .      .      .      ...      .         239,  241 

Lyman,  W.  R.,  reference  to 206 

Macloon,  Chas.  R.,  reference  to 207 

McCollum,  J.  L.,  reference  to 206 

McCormick,   E.  O.,   reference  to 155,  169 

Moerlein,  Caroline,  reference  to 248 

Montgomery,  J.  E.,  reference  to 207 

Monument: 

Description  of .      .       87 

Statue  on .'..-.       89 

Panels  of ...      ...      .      ...      .       91,  93 

Ceremonies,  dedicatory,  incidental  program  of 95 

Consecrating  the  guns  and  dedication  of    battery 135,  137,  139 

Decorating    the *  .      .      .".....      .      .      .  139,  141 

Morgan,  John  T.,  letter  of .-    •.      .      .      ;  .      .      .      .      .      221 

Morris,  Mary  B.  (deceased),  reference  to 215 

Official  communications: 

Confederate  cemetery  at  Rock  Island,  111 '  .      .     271 

Courtesies  extended .    271,  272 

Orendorff,  Alfred,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet .      »      .       63,  64 

Palmer,  Potter,  reference  to   .      .      .      .      .      .      . .      .     227 

Parsons,  Lewis  B.: 

Letter  of •.      .      .      . .     217 

Reference  to .  217,  219 

Peck,  Ferdinand  W. : 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet 33,  35 

Presiding  at  Chicago  banquet 33~39 

Pickett,  Jos.  Desha,  prayer  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago      .      .....   113,  115 

Poems: 

"The  United  States  of  America." i 

"  Victorious  Defeats"         89 

Extract  from  "Gray's  Elegy" 93 

Porter,  Washington,   letter  of 280 

Powers  and  authority,  vested  in  the  author 253-257 

Preface  and  historic  outline 3-9 


PAGE. 

Press: 

Extracts  from  the  Chicago 143.  J45 

Extracts  from  the  Cincinnati *55-  I57-I59,  161-163 

Pullman,  Geo.  M.,  reference  to 243-245,  247 

Purinton,  H.  G.,    commanding  Columbia  Post  No.  706,  G.  A.  R 145 

Quincey,  Thos.  S. : 

Reference  to 103,  151 

Letter  of,  tendering  courtesy 272 

Railroads: 

Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis    . 237 

Baltimore  &  Ohio 239 

Illinois  Central • 241 

Various  other  transportation  companies 247 

Receptions  and  entertainments: 

At  the  railroad  depot,  Chicago,  press  report  of 20 

At  the  Palmer  House,  Chicago,  invitation  to  and  press  report  of     22,  23,  25,  27,  28 

Banquet  at  Kinsley's,  Chicago 29 

Menu  of 3° 

Program  of  addresses,  toasts  and  responses  at 31 

At  Armory  of  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  Chicago   ....      145,  147,  149 

In  Cincinnati,   Ohio,  and  Ft.  Thomas,  Ky.,  press  report  of 155-163 

Luncheon  at  the  Queen  City  Club,  Cincinnati,  reference  to 162 

Banquet  at  Grand  Hotel,  Cincinnati,  invitation  to       . 165 

Program  of  addresses,   toasts  and  responses  at    .      .      ...      .      .      166 

Menu   of        .- .....      .      .      167 

Reference  to   and  press  report  of 169,  193 

Reference  to  letters  from  prominent  officers 43 

Report,  mortuary  and  monument 11-15 

Roster  of  guests 21 

Russell,-  Alfred: 

Reference  to IO1 

Letter  of,   tendering  courtesy 272 

Ryan,  Michael,  speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 185,  187,  189 

Schofield,  John  M.: 

Extract  from  letter  of 41.  43 

Telegram  from T62 

Slaughter,  A.  O.,  reference  to 225 

Shears,  D.  C.,  reference  to  Cincinnati  entertainment I53 

Southern  Granite  Company,  reference  to 247 

Staffs: 

Provisional  Department — 

Hewitt,  Fayette     .........  ...      17,    135,  137 

Akers,  Albert 17 

Pickett,  Joseph  Desha X7 

Stewart  Ramsey  H.     . ....      17,  135,270 

Sullivan,  Samuel  J.     .      .  ...  J7-  135.  270 

Brien,  L.  Tierman X7 

Norman,  Lute  C X7 

Robinson,  Frank  V T7 


Division — 

Forrester,  George •      •      •      •  •      85,  135,  137,  145,  270 

France,  Robert  Lee 85,  135,  270 

White,  Jere  S ~ ........... 85 

White,  JohnW 85,  135,  137,  270 

Jenkins,  Benjamin  F 85,  103,  273 

Tucker,  Charles  R .'....     85 

Phipps,  William  B ,..'.'.     85 

Complimentary  — 

Ellacott,  Joseph  P 27,  97 

Bentley,  Charles  S 97 

Jones,  Jenkin  Lloyd 28,  97 

Revell,  Alexander  H 97 

McNeill,  Malcom         97 

Gordon,  Charles  U 97 

Stanton,  Henry  T.,  memorial  poem  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago   ....    125-131 

Some  of  the  ladies  attendant,  reference  to 27,  28,  101,  135,  137,  139,  141 

Swift,  Geo.  B.,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet 37 

Thanks  to  Chicago  citizens 149 

Thanks  to  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G 149 

The  beginning  of  the  end 283,  285 

Thomas,  Hiram  W.,  speech  at  Chicago  banquet         59,  60 

Turner,  Henry  L.: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet    .      .      .      .  .      .      .      . 3Q-41 

Presiding  as  toastmaster  at  Chicago  banquet       '.      .      . 39-83 

Commanding  military  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 139 

At  armory,  First  regiment,  infantry,  I.  N.  G 145-149 

Letter  of,  tendering  courtesy 271,  272 

Letters  of,  endorsing  plan  for  Chicago-southern  movement 280 

Tuthill,  Richard  S.,  letter  of 74.     75 

Underwood,  John  C.: 

Speech  at  Chicago  banquet 7I-74 

Introductory  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 105-107 

Ceremony  at  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago 135-143 

Remarks  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce    .     •,      .      ...      .    '.      .      .  158,  159 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  banquet 171-174 

Prison  and  military  record  of,  reference  to          281,  282 

Endorsements  of,  by  Gen.  Longstreet,  and  the  Veteran  Corps,  First  regiment 

infantry,  I.  N.  G : .      .      .      .  282,  283 

Waller,  Sarah  Bell  (deceased),  reference  to :  *  .      .      .      .      .  213,  215 

Walthall,  E.  C.,  reference  to         209,  211 

West,  A.  J.,  reference  to .      ....... 206 

Wright,  Marcus  J.: 

Speech  at  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce      .      .......      .      .    161,  162 

Letter  of 282 

Younge,  J.  W.,  letter  of ....*...       273 


INSPECTION  OF  THE  BLACK  HUSSARS 
OF  CHICAGO. 

THE    CAVALRY    ESCORT  AT  THE  DEDICATION    OF    THE    CONFEDERATE 
MONUMENT  IN  OAKWOODS  CEMETERY,  CHICAGO,  MAY  30,  1895. 

IRoster  of  flnspector,  Staff  ano  tbe  Command 

MAJ.    E.   L.    BRAND,  "  HUSSAR    SQUADRON," 
INSPECTING    OFFICER. 

Stafi. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  SOL  WOLFE,  "Black  Hussars,"  Adjutant. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  A.  MATTHEWS.  "Black  Hussars,"  Inspector. 
FIRST  LIEUT.  P.  E.  CARPENTER,  "Black  Hussars,"  Quartermaster. 
FIRST  LIEUT.  CLAIR  E.  MORE,  "Black  Hussars,"  Judge- Advocate. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  STUART  JOHNSTONE,  M.  D.,  "Chicago  Hussars,"  Surgeon. 
FIRST  LIEUT.  RUFUS  A.  WHITE,  D.  D.,  "Chicago  Hussars,"  Chaplain 
SERGT.  JOHN  A.  FOSTER,  "Chicago  Hussars,"  Sergeant-Major  (Acting). 

BLACK   HUSSARS. 

March  29,  1896. 

Commissioned  ©fHcers. 

CAPT.  SAMUEL  B.  FOSTER,  Commanding. 
FIRST  LIEUT.  H.  CLAY  GANG.  SECOND  LIEUT.  W.  B.  BRAINARD. 

(Troopers— IRanfe  and  ffile. 

FIRST  SERGT.  A.  P.  STEPHENSON, 

SECOND  SERGT.  L.  M.  COPE, 

THIRD  SERGT.  W.  J.  SUTHERLAND, 

FOURTH  SERGT.  F.  A.  SUTCLIFFE, 

FIFTH  SERGT.  GEORGE  BELL,  M.  D.,  Surgeon,  - 

SIXTH  SERGT.  S.  W.  JACKSON,  Judge-Advocate, 

COLOR  SERGT.  E.  M.  HUNT, 

QUARTERMASTER  SERGT.  CHAS.   GUNTHER. 

FIRST  CORP.  S.  W.  CROWEN, 

SECOND  CORP.  A.  R.  STUMER, 

THIRD  CORP.  O.  E.  ANDERSON, 

FOURTH  CORP.  A.  SHAPIRO. 

FIFTH  CORP.  W.  H.  SIMPSON,  Trumpeter, 

SOL  WOLFED  c.  E.  MORE,  p.  E.  CARPENTER, 

A.  MATHEWS,  G.  L.  HOPPER,  R.  T.  BARTON, 

T.  S.  QUINCEY,  R.  J.  HALL,  T.  J.  ROBESON, 

BEN  L.  HILL,  FRED  H.  WICKETT,          S.  H.  STRATTON. 

J.   L    COCHRAN,  F.  G.  JACKSON. 


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^RREN    MILITARY    PRISON, 
1863-64 


May  29 -June  2,  1395. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

John  Cox  Underwood  was  born  in  Georgetown,  D.  C.,  September  12,  1840,  while  his  father  was  a  member  of  Congress,  and  taken 
to  Kentucky  when  an  infant;  received  literary  and  scientific  education,  graduating  as  civil  engineer  at  Rensselaer  Poly- 
technic Institute, Troy,  N.  Y.,  Julyg,  1862;  and  received  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Center  College,  Danville,  Ky.,  in  1876. 

Went  south  July,  1862,  returned  to  Kentucky  with  Gen.  Bragg  in  August,  and  went  south  again  on  Bragg's  retreat,  fall  of  1862. 

Volunteer  aide-de-camp,  Confederate  army,  December,  1862;  appointed  first  lieutenant  engineers,  C.  S.  A.,  spring  1863; 
appointed  lieutenant-colonel  Hodge's  authorized  cavalry,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  and  ordered  to  recruit  in  Kentucky,  May,  1863; 
captured,  sick  with  typhoid  fever,  on  retreat  of  Bragg's  army  from  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  summer  1863;  prisoner  of  state  and 
war,  confined  at  Louisville,  Cincinnati  and  Fort  Warren,  Boston  harbor,  1863-64,  and  on  parole  fall  of  1864-65. 

Chief  engineer  public  works  of  Warren  county,  Ky.,  1866-68;  city  engineer  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  1868-75;  consulting  engineer 
State  of  Kentucky,  1872-75;  councilman,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  1869-70;  mayor  City  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  1870-72;  lieu- 
tenant governor  of  Kentucky,  1875-79;  chairman  Kentucky  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  commission,  1878-79. 

Grand  master  1.  O.  O.  F.  of  Kentucky,  1872-73;  grand  representative  from  Kentucky  and  officer  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge. 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  1873-93;  grand  sire  and  generalissimo,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  the  world,  1888-90. 

Lieutenant-general  commanding  Patriarchs'  Militant,  1885-93;  major-general  United  Confederate  Veterans,  1891 


PREFACE  AND  HISTORIC  OUTLINE. 

The  recognition  of  real  worth  and  valor  is  alike  born  within  the 
American  breast,  whether  the  birth  occurs  in  the  icy  regions  of  the  great 
lakes,  under  the  sunny  skies  of  the  gulf  coast  states,  or  in  any  of  the 
sections  of  the  more  temperate  climes  between  those  extremes,  and  is 
especially  instanced  and  most  fitly  illustrated  by  the  honorable  mention 
made  by  northern  as  well  as  southern  people  of  the  valorous  achieve- 
ments of  the  boy  heroes,  cadets  from  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  at 
the  battle  of  Newmarket  in  the  valley  of  Virginia,  May  15,  1864,  where, 
under  Gen.  John  C.  Breckenridge,  the  "little  devils,"  as  they  were 
called  by  the  Federals,  went  into  the  fight  as  if  on  dress  parade,  and, 
losing  in  killed  and  wounded  fully  one-third  of  the  command,  never 
broke  line  of  battle,  but  constantly  closing  up  the  gaps  made  by  the 
missiles  of  the  enemy  and  ever  presenting  a  soldierly  and  perfect  align- 
ment, drove  the  Union  forces  for  miles,  and,  finally  capturing  a  section 
of  artillery  on  "  Meems'  "  hill,  turned  the  guns  on  Sigel's  retreating 
forces  and  insured  victory.  The  ragged  Confederate  veterans  who  had 
derided  the  boys  (their  average  age  being  under  17  years),  calling  them 
"trundle  bed  soldiers"  as  they  marched  past  going  to  the  front,  when 
the  battle  was  over  and  won  with  the  cadet  line  shortened  to  two-thirds 
its  original  length  and  the  little  heroes  standing  with  powder-begrimmed 
faces  as  if  awaiting  inspection,  tossed  their  hats  high  in  the  air  and  gave 
vent  to  their  admiration  by  enthusiastically  cheering  them  ,  and  still 
later,  as  the  Confederate  army  marched  along  the  valley  toward  Win- 
chester, many  of  the  old  battle-scarred  veterans,  not  satisfied  with  their 
previous  demonstration  of  appreciation  of  the  boy  soldiers  because  of 
their  remarkable  achievement,  took  the  little  fellows  upon  their  shoulders 
and  otherwise  indicated  that  they  almost  worshiped  them  for  the  deter- 
mined bravery  they  had  displayed. 

Again,  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  at  Lexington,  the  "West  Point 
of  the  south"  and  home  of  the  boy  battalion  of  such  celebrated  fame,  was 
burned  by  order  of  the  Federal  Gen.  Hunter  on  June  12,  1864;  and, 
when  his  forces  evacuated  the  town  passing  by  the  cemetery  wherein  the 
remains  of  the  renowned  Confederate,  Gen.  Thomas  J.  Jackson,  were 
buried,  Gen.  Hunter  ordered  the  panels  of  the  fences  removed  and  the 
Federal  army  marched  by  the  grave  of  the  Napoleonic  "Stonewall"  with 
reversed  arms  and  otherwise  honored  the  valiant  dead.  Some  two  weeks 
later,  Gen.  Jubal  Early's  Confederate  command  passed  through  Lexing- 


ton  and,  without  previous  knowledge  of  Gen.  Hunter's  tribute  to  the 
immortal  Jackson,  he  too  caused  the  cemetery  fences  to  be  removed  and 
his  veterans  in  gray,  marching  past  the  tomb  of  the  distinguished 
soldier  and  Christian  hero,  made  their  lament  and  gave  military  honors 
to  the  loved  commander  dead.  Thus  two  martial  bodies,  antipodes  in 
thought  and  purpose,  the  one  invaders  of  a  state,  the  other  defenders  of 
its  domain,  and  at  war  to  the  death,  yet,  each  recognizing  unsullied  worth, 
Christian  fortitude,  bravery  on  field  of  battle,  general  nobleness  of 
nature,  and  though  representing  a  zenith  and  nadir  in  interest,  the  one 
respecting  the  private  character  and  public  deeds  of  an  honorable  foe,  the 
other  revering  the  memory  of  a  loved  and  devoted  commander,  both, 
actuated  by  a  lofty  sentiment  and  through  a  pre-historic  action,  loyal 
alike  to  true  soldierly  impulse  and  real  manhood,  paid  the  highest  mili- 
tary courtesies  to  the  remains  of  the  dead  chieftain. 

These  citations  clearly  indicate  the  axiomatic  truth  that  all  enlight- 
ened and  just  people  admire  fortitude,  bravery  and  determined  purpose 
under  reputable  circumstances,  without  regard  to  the  right  or  wrong  of 
the  political  or  other  cause  which  provided  the  opportunity  that  enabled 
the  display  of  opposing  deeds  of  heroism. 

Acting  upon  such  hypothesis  and  further  influenced  by  a  noble  act  of 
friendship  related  in  the  body  of  this  work,  I,  as  far  back  as  the  later 
"sixties,"  reasoned  that  the  time  would  come  when  all  sections  and 
parties  would  recognize  the  individual  and  collective  bravery,  prowess, 
great  fortitude  and  honor  displayed  by  the  defeated  Confederates  as  well 
as  by  the  victorious  Federals,  and  then  determined  that  I  would  attempt, 
through  a  life  work  if  necessary,  to  bring  about  a  general  recognition  of 
the  valor  and  endurance  displayed  by  both  of  the  formerly  opposing 
elements,  and  thereby  inaugurate  the  harmonious  re-uniting  of  the  here- 
tofore belligerent  sections  of  the  country. 

Therefore,  pursuant  to  such  intention,  my  initial  work  began  in  a 
feeble  way  at  my  local  city  in  southern  Kentucky,  was  enlarged  in  some 
degree  throughout  the  state  and  afterward  widened  and  advanced,  as 
time  and  opportunity  admitted,  until  the  summer  of  1885  when,  a  very 
considerable  attempt  was  made  at  Philadelphia,  where  I  hoped,  through 
a  general  encampment  of  National  Guards  and  State  Troops  (the  sons  of 
veterans  who  wore  both  blue  and  gray),  with  a  contingent  of  United 
States  regulars  for  instruction,  to  bring  about  a  reciprocal  feeling  of 
friendship  by  means  of  the  social  commingling  of  the  descendants  of  the 
opposing  veterans  of  the  civil  war.  The  demonstration  was  a  military 
success,  but  the  movement  was  attempted  either  too  soon  or  the  place 
unfortunately  selected:  anyway,  the  purpose  failed,  and  although  it  was 


approved  by  all  the  most  prominent  generals  living,  who  had  served  in 
both  the  Union  and  Confederate  armies,  yet  the  populace  started  the  cry 
of  "rebels  in  the  park"  (when  I  was  the  only  ex-rebel  there),  and  the 
long  hoped  for  object  was  defeated.  The  unexpected  outcome,  of  course, 
threw  a  very  great  damper  upon  the  ardor  of  my  desire,  called  a  "hobby" 
by  others,  but  it  was  not  sufficient  to  kill  the  germ  of  the  original  inten- 
tion, so,  when  opportunity  occurred,  in  the  fall  of  1889,  I  brought  bat- 
talions of  State  Troops  from  Kentucky  and  Alabama  to  meet  National 
Guard  organizations  of  Ohio  at  its  capital  city,  Columbus,  on  an  occasion 
of  a  great  demonstration  by  a  civic-militant  order  of  which  I  was  both  the 
military  commander  and  civil  ruler.  Meeting  with  a  desperate  accident, 
however,  that  very  nearly  cost  me  my  life,  I  was  lost  to  the  work  for  the 
time  and  my  labors  were  again  futile.  It  looked  as  if  fate  was  against 
the  successful  culmination  of  such  a  laudable  enterprise,  but  on  my 
recovery  plans  were  again  formulated  with  the  view  of  carrying  out  my 
original  conception  to  a  triumphant  termination;  and,  regarding  the 
great  northwestern  metropolis  as  the  objective  point  from  whence  to 
continue  operations,  I  moved  my  headquarters  to  Chicago  in  December 
of  the  same  year,  conceived  and,  in  August,  1890,  conducted  one  of  the 
largest  civic-military  demonstrations  by  a  fraternal  order  probably  ever 
made  in  said  city.  It  was  a  great  success  so  far  as  display  and  the 
advertising  of  the  order  was  concerned,  but  owing  to  the  sparse  attend- 
ance of  members  and  organizations  from  southern  states  its  dual  purpose 
failed.  Matters  remained  in  statu  qiio  until  the  summer  of  1891,  when  I 
joined  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  and  was  appointed  a 
committee  of  one  to  raise  moneys  to  erect  a  monument  over  the  Confed- 
erate dead  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  and  in  December  of  the  same  year  I 
was  commissioned  and  placed  in  command  of  the  Division  of  the  North- 
west and  afterward  in  April,  1892,  of  the  Provisional  Department  of  the 
North,  United  Confederate  Veterans.* 

The  position  attained  enabling  me  to  reach  the  entire  Confederate 
veteran  element  and  southern  people  generally,  and  the  field  of  opera- 
tion being  so  broad  as  to  cover  the  northern  states  from  ocean  to  ocean, 
and  embrace  the  southern  border  states  east  of  the  Mississippi  river,  I  at 
once  foresaw  the  possibility  of  success  and  again  became  enthused  with  the 
now  almost  certainty  of  being  able  to  carry  out  my  original  purpose  and 
inaugurate  the  re-establishing  of  friendly,  political,  social  and  business 
relations  between  the  two  great  sections  of  the  country,  and,  conse- 
quently, once  more  began  the  reciprocal  northern-southern  movement 
with  renewed  vigor. 

*See  documents  in  addendum. 


Learning  that  the  ex-Confederate  Association  of  which  I  had  become 
a  member  had  been  organized  shortly  after  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant's  funeral 
in  New  York  City,  August  8,  1885,  and  was  the  outgrowth  of  the  senti- 
ment created  by  and  through  the  liberal  action  of  the  distinguished 
southern  generals  on  such  memorable  occasion,  who,  out  of  respect  for 
the  opposing  victorious  general  and  ex-president,  followed  his  remains 
in  honor  to  the  grave,  and  discovering  that  two  G.  A.  R.  posts  under 
command  of  Col.  Charles  R.  E.  Koch  had  decorated  the  Confederate 
graves  in  Oakwoods  cemetery  as  early  as  May  30,  1876,  which  courtesy 
has  been  generally  practiced  since,  and,  upon  further  investigation, 
having  ascertained  that  the  secretary  of  war  had  granted  authority 
to  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  to  erect  a  monument 
over  the  Confederate  dead  buried  on  the  government  lot  in  said  ceme- 
tery, I  felt  that  the  time  was  ripe  for  successful  operation,  and  that 
Chicago  of  all  northern  cities  was  the  place  in  which  to  begin  work, 
and  consequently  determined  to  commence  solicitation  for  the  monu- 
ment fund. 

The  ex-Confederate  Association  turned  over  to  me  as  a  nucleus  upon 
which  to  build,  nearly  $1,600,  the  proceeds  of  the  Gordon  lecture,  with 
interest,  and  I  began  in  person  and  through  appointed  agents  the  solici- 
tation of  contributions,  and  finally  raised  that  monument  asset  through 
subscriptions,  absolute  and  under  guarantee,  to  nearly  $12,000.  I  then 
designed  and  contracted  for  the  erection  of  the  said  monument  as  it  now 
stands,  at  a  total  cost  of  $10,000  for  pedestal,  shaft  and  statue;  and, 
afterward,  upon  increasing  such  fund  materially,  of  $5,000  additional  for 
improving  grounds  and  by  estimating  donated  ordnance  decorations; 
and  in  addition  to  which,  by  embracing  the  expenditures  for  banquets 
and  entertainments  of  guests  during  the  dedicatory  occasion,  various 
other  cash  outlays  and  estimated  values  of  donations  in  material,  service, 
etc.,  the  whole  approximated  *$25,ooo.  This  constituted  a  material 
memorial,  surpassing  all  monuments  heretofore  erected  to  the  memory 
of  private  soldiers,  with  dedicatory  ceremonies  culminating  in  such  an 
open  air  reception,  given  by  the  populace  of  the  great  city  to  the  visiting 
southerners  and  Confederate  element  over  the  very  trenched  graves  of 
its  dead  soldiery  as  had  never  been  experienced  anywhere  else,  when  in 
fact  over  100,000  people  were  within  the  borders  of  Oakwoods  cemetery 
to  see  the  Confederate  monument  dedicated.  What  other  city  under 
the  sun  could  have  done  such  a  thing?  What  place  other  than  Chicago, 
with  its  cosmopolitan  elements,  changing  in  sentiment  from  the  bitterest 


*See  the   account  of  the  organization  and   work  of  The   ex-Confederate    Association  of  Chicago 
and  the  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  in  addendum,  etc. 


city  during  the  war  to  one  of  the  greatest  liberality — one  that  extended 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  open,  and  with  an  honest  heart  beating 
responsive  to  the  return  of  friendship  from  the  south,  silently  expressing 
a  welcome  to  its  representatives;  not  as  conquered  foes,  not  as  men  who 
are  prodigal  children,  but  as  citizens  of  one  country  and  one  people. 

One  of  the  broadest  men  of  Illinois  and  in  the  United  States  has  said 
he  would  be  glad  to  see  all  monuments,  material  and  idealistic,  com- 
memorating-events  during  the  civil  strife  between  the  sections,  entirely 
obliterated,  that  the  whole  country  might  forget  past  differences  and  be 
as  brothers  once  more!  Such  sentiment,  certainly  liberal  as  coming  from 
a  victor,  is  undoubtedly  politic,  yet  it  cannot  be  successfully  grafted  so 
long  as  the  desire  to  herald  valorous  achievements  exists  in  the  human 
breast;  for  as  time  softens  the  belligerent  feelings,  former  enemies  recog- 
nize and  acknowledge  the  great  deeds  of  their  early  foes.  Examine  into 
the  dedication  of  the  Chattanooga  and  Chickamauga  battlefield  parks 
under  the  auspices  of  the  general  government,  and  the  memories  of  the 
bravery,  heroism  and  chivalry  of  the  American  soldier  can  but  be  indelibly 
stamped  upon  the  hearts  and  brains  of  a  now  united  and  patriotic  people. 
Go  to  Chickamauga  and  see  the  marble  and  granite  monuments  erected  to 
the  northern  soldiery  that  fell  on  that  sanguinary  field  and  you  will  find 
here  a  magnificent  shaft  to  a  regiment  from  a  particular  state,  there  a  superb 
column  to  a  battery  from  another  section  and  so  on  through  the  roster  of 
honorable  dead  that  wore  the  blue,  while  there  can  scarcely  be  found  a 
monumental  mark  raised  by  the  impoverished  southern  people  desig- 
nating the  gory  bed  of  their  heroic  defenders  who  won  the  battle;  but 
the  "strike  back"  there  is  manifest,  at  every  turn  and  on  all  sides  the 
teaching  of  impact  and  resistance  is  self-evident,  and  the  ability  of  the 
southerners  to  do  is  silently  heralded  by  the  numerous  monuments  reared 
in  honor  of  their  dead  foes. 

Again,  it  is  accredited  to  none  other  than  the  martyred  President 
Lincoln,  the  most  revered  and  almost  worshiped  son  of  Kentucky, 
adopted  by  the  great  State  of  Illinois,  when  the  battle  points  of  great 
Federal  renown  on  the  field  of  Gettysburg  were  being  shown  to  him  and 
the  bravery  of  those  who  there  fell  "wearing  the  blue"  were  recalled  by 
citations  of  their  military  achievements,  of  saying  in  his  laconic  way, 
"The  Johnnies  were  no  slouches. "  So  long  as  history  lasts  and  such 
liberal  recognition  of  opposing  elements  are  made  by  the  most  exalted, 
'twill  be  an  impossibility  to  forget  the  deeds  of  the  brave  men  who  even 
in  fratricidal  strife,  through  deeds  of  "derring  do,"  have  made  the  name 
of  the  American  soldier  a  synonym  for  bravery,  fortitude  and  honor.  For 
the  comradeship  resulting  from  the  stopping  of  bullets  in  battle  array,  is 


next  akin  to  the  loving  friendship  deliciously  incited  by  the  honeymoon 
kisses  under  the  holy  bonds  of  the  wedding  ring;  and  therefore  among 
the  Federals  who  fought  the  war  to  a  finish  in  the  field,  there  are  none 
that  refuse  to  acknowledge  the  southern  battle  flag  to  be  an  honorable 
archive  of  a  brave  and  chivalrous  people;  and  of  those  who  fought 
'neath  the  folds  of  that  starry  cross,  as  real  Americans,  without  having 
been  watered  through  immigration,  all  cherish  the  Stars  and  Stripes  as 
the  revolutionary  insignia  of  their  forefathers,  and  now  hail  with 
patriotic  pride  the  same  glorious  flag  of  the  re-united  states  constituting 
the  greatest  nation  on  earth.  Acting  upon  this  idea  I  designed  the 
vignette  decorating  the  invitation  to  the  dedication  of  the  monument, 
where  the  goddess  of  liberty  is  represented  as  holding  the  national 
banner  on  high  and  pointing  to  the  southern  battle  flag  lying  on  a  pile  of 
cannon  balls  at  her  feet  as  an  honorable  archive.  After  nearly  two 
years'  application  to  Congress,  I  finally  secured  a  field  battery  of  four 
cannon  of  distinguished  battle  record,  with  shot  and  shell,  from  the 
general  government  with  which  to  ornament  its  grounds  in  Oakwoods 
cemetery,  and  have  still  further  obtained  permission  to  erect  a  flag-staff 
on  the  said  burial  plat  from  which  to  fly  the  United  States  flag,  thereby 
constituting  the  Confederate  trenches  an  embryo  national  cemetery. 
The  large  list  of  pensions  borne  by  the  government  and  given  wholly 
to  Federal  soldiery  are  paid  from  a  treasury  partly  supplied  by  internal 
taxation  largely  from  southern  states;  why,  then,  should  not  the  Con- 
federate dead  be  cared  for  as  those  of  their  successful  brothers  in  the 
same  country,  where  all  states  and  sections  contribute  in  like  ratios  to 
the  support  of  the  government  of  the  Union?  The  castles  of  our 
ancestral  isle  are  traditioned  with  honorable  scars  from  attacks  during 
the  "Wars  of  the  Roses,"  therefore  why  should  not  America's  beautiful 
slopes  be  decorated  by  entwining  the  exquisite  flowers  of  the  south  with 
those  of  sterner  hues  from  the  north  in  harmonious  forgetfulness,  that 
they  may  blossom  together  in  friendship  and  reciprocal  interest? 

It  is  not  now  profitable  to  discuss  the  right  or  wrong  of  the  past, 
which  has  been  settled  by  arbitrament  of  arms,  neither  should  the 
question  be  raised  as  to  the  morals  of  Massachusetts  selling  her  slaves 
and  South  Carolina  holding  hers,  nor  as  to  the  profit  of  merchandising 
the  negro  on  the  block  in  New  York  or  from  the  sugar  cane  fields  of  the 
Mississippi  "coasts"  and  cotton  plantations  in  other  parts  of  the  south; 
but  the  great  recognition  of  the  de  facto  status  of  the  states  is  unmistak- 
ably shown  through  the  action  of  that  typical  southerner,  Wade  Hampton, 
a  planter  and  slaveholder  in  the  past,  who,  in  accepting  fully  the  issue  of 
the  unequal  strife,  visited  Chicago  to  commemorate  southern  soldiery  in 


monumental  tribute;  and  there,  commingling  with  a  formerly  opposing 
ultra  people,  in  turn,  being  enthusiastically  received  by  scores  of  thous- 
ands of  her  citizens  turning  out  to  welcome  him  as  the  orator  of  the 
memorable  occasion.  Verily,  the  philosophical  acceptance  of  the  inev- 
itable, has  resulted  in  good  for  the  two  opposing  classes  and  most  fitly 
illustrates  the  beauty  of  forgetfulness  in  the  interest  of  a  united  people; 
and  now,  in  upholding  the  cause  of  the  republic,  both  Cavalier  and 
Puritan,  in  self  abnegation  because  of  the  bitter  hatreds  and  unjust 
actions  of  the  past,  might  equally  acknowledge  that  each  could  then 
have  truly  said: 

All  that's  beautiful  in  me, 

Is  the  way  I'd  like  to  be ; 

and  harmonize  in  a  reconstructive  friendship,  though  recognizing  the 
frailties  and  selfishness  of  individuals  and  classes,  while  uniting  in  and 
maintaining  the  noble  sentiment  of  national  patriotism. 

In  brief,  with  such  aims  and  purposes  my  conceptions  have  been  suc- 
cessfully carried  out;  and  the  transcripts  of  speeches,  orations,  poems, 
prayers,  etc.,  presented,  compiled  from  original  papers  and  stenographic 
notes  taken  at  the  time  and  afterward  examined,  corrected  or  verified 
by  the  authors,  and  ceremonies  formulated  by  myself,  are  published 
as  constituting  the  cherished  history  of  an  epoch  ever  to  be  remembered 
and  appreciated  throughout  the  entire  Land  of  the  Free. 

The  work  treats,  seriatim,  of  the  northern-southern  demonstration 
from  its  definite  beginning  in  the  reception  of  the  southern  generals  at 
Chicago  to  the  finish  at  Fort  Thomas,  Ky. ,  giving  rosters  of  bodies, 
organizations,  guests  and  other  prominent  personages,  addresses  and 
descriptions,  together  with  an  addendum  embracing  incidental  historic 
references,  other  pertinent  communications  and  the  resultant  initial 
northern-southern  fraternization,  and  contains  superb  half-tone  engravings 
and  correct  etchings  of  the  principal  actors  and  abettors  of  the  move- 
ment, etc.,  and  is  hereby  promulgated  as  true  in  its  every  particular 
and  vouchsafed  by  original  documents  in  my  possession. 

The  whole  is  presented  for  what  it  is  worth,  and  it  is  hoped  that  it 
will  receive  the  consideration  it  deserves,  be  that  great  or  small. 

Very  truly, 

THE  AUTHOR. 


LIEUT.-GEN.  JOHN  B.  GORDON, 

AT   APPOMATTOX. 


May-June,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

John  Brown  Gordon,  was  born  in  Upson  county,  Ga.,  February  6,  1832;  educated   at   the  University   of    Georgia;  read  law  and 

was  admitted  to  the  bar;  at  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he  was  living  in  Jackson  county.  Ala. 

He  first  raised  a  troop  of  cavalry,  which  was  declined  by  the  governor  of  Alabama  as  not   needed:  he  then  recruited  a  company 
of    infantry,  composed  of  hardy  men   around  the   Racoon   mountain,  and   was   elected  captain,  which   command    was 
accepted  and  became  a  company  of  the  Sixth  Alabama  regiment. 
Commissioned  in  the  Confederate  Stairs  army: — 

Captain  of  the  "Racoon  Roughs,"  Sixth  regiment  infantry  Alabama  volunteers,  1861:  elected  major,  shortly  after  theregi 
mental  organization;  lieutenant-colonel,  December  26,  1861  and  colonel  April  28,  1862;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S., 
November  i,  1862;  major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  May  14,  1864;  acting  lieutenant-general  commanding  army  corps  of 
Lee's  army  1864-65. 

He  was  remarkable  for  his  personal  gallantry,  quickness  of  perception  and  determined  bravery  on  the  battlefield; 
received  eight  severe  wounds,  the  bloodiest  being  a  shot  in  the  face  at  Sharpsburg  which  he  will  carry  as  a 
scar-jewel  to  the  grave;  he  was  active  in  all  the  battles  engaged  in  by  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  and  "fought  his 
command  to  a  frazzle"  in  reaching  Appomattox. 

He  practiced  law  after  the  war  and  rendered  valuable  service  to  his  state;  was  Democratic  candidate  for  governor  in  1868; 
member  of  the  national  Democratic  convention  and  presidental  elector  for  state  at-large  in  1868  and  1872;  United 
States  senator,  March  4,  1873,  and  re-elected  in  1879. 

Governor  of  Georgia  in  1886  and  re-elected  in  1888;  United  States  senator  in  1890-97. 
General,  commanding  United  Confederate  Veterans,  since  the  permanent  organization  of  that  federation. 


MORTUARY  AND  MONUMENT  REPORT. 

UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,        ] 
DIVISION  AND  PROVISIONAL  DEPARTMENT    > 
HEADQUARTERS.  ) 

CHICAGO,  January  20,  1896. 

Gen.  John  B.  Gordon,  Commanding  United  Confederate  Veterans: 

SIR  AND  COMRADE — I  have  the  honor  to  make  final  report  of  the  condi- 
tion of  the  division  and  department  under  my  command,  give  a  synopsis 
of  the  statistics  of  Confederate  soldiers  who  died  in  military  prisons  and 
are  buried  in  northern  soil,  and  especially  herald  the  procedures  incidental 
to  the  erection  and  dedication  of  the  monument  to  6,000  southern  sold- 
iers whose  remains  are  trenched  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago. 

Pursuant  with  powers  originally  granted  by  The  ex- Confederate  Asso- 
ciation of  Chicago,  Camp  No.  8,  U.  C.  V*.,  afterward  approved  by  your- 
self, as  per  orders  and  other  official  documents  issued  from  the  office  of 
your  adjutant-general,  and  by  authority  delegated  through  subsequent 
election  by  the  U.  C.  V.  federation  itself,  I  recruited  and  organized  into 
camps  a  large  number  of  Confederate  veterans  living  east  of  the  Miss- 
issippi river  within,  the  limits  of  my  provisional  department,  collected 
and  reported  rosters  of  the  Confederate  dead  buried  in  various  northern 
cemeteries. 

The  general  conditions  of  my  divisions,  so  widely  separated,  are  good, 
and  have  been  referred  to  in  detail  in  my  biennial  report  under  date  of 
April  20,  1894,  and  the  mortuary  lists,  cemetery  charts  and  other  data 
relating  to  deceased  soldiers  buried  within  the  territorial  bounds  of  my 
command,  which  were  given  in  part  in  said  biennial  report  and  subse- 
quently compiled  more  fully  and  published  in  supplement  thereto,  are 
now  revised  and  presented  in  final  tabulation,  as  follows: 

WAR    PRISON    CEMETERIES. 

REVISED  NUMERICAL  ROSTER  OF   CONFEDERATE  SOLDIERS  WHO  DIED    IN    MILITARY 
PRISONS  AND  ARE  BURIED  IN   NORTHERN  SOIL 

ILLINOIS. 
At  ALTON — 

In     the    Confederate    cemetery,     the     military     prison-dead; 

interments  known  and  reported    ...         i,5?8 

Interments  unknown,  number  reported ...  640 

Carried  forward 2,218 


*See  official  documents  in  addendum. 


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Brought  forward. 2,218 

AT  CAMP  BUTLER — 

In     the    Confederate     cemetery,     the    military    prison-dead; 

interments  known  and  reported 470 

CHICAGO — 

-In     Oakwoods    cemetery,    the    Camp    Douglas    prison-dead; 
interments  1-nown  and  reported  (J.  C.  U.'s  official  roster)  ....        4.317 
Interments  known  and  reported  (Government  smallpox  roster)  412 

Interments  estimated  as  on  registers  burned  in  1871 1,500        6,229 

MOUND  CITY — 

In  the  National  cemetery,  the  military  prison  dead;  interments 

reported  (roster  promised  by  War  Department) 34 

ROCK  ISLAND  — 

In  the  Confederate  cemetery  at  arsenal,  the  military  prison- 
dead;  interments  known  and  reported 1,960 


Total  in  Illinois 10,91 1 

INDIANA. 

INDIANAPOLIS — 

In  Greenlawn  cemetery,  the  Camp  Morton  prison-dead;  inter- 
ments known  and  reported J.4^4 


Total  in  Indiana 

MARYLAND. 
LOUDON  PARK — 

In    the   National    cemetery,    the  military    prison-dead;    inter- 
ments unknown  (statistics  missing  but  estimated  at): 100 

POINT  LOOKOUT — 

In  the  Confederate  cemetery,  the  military  prison-dead;  inter- 
ments known  and  reported 3  445 


Total  in  Maryland 3  545 

NEW  JERSEY. 
*FINN'S  POINT — 

In  the  Confederate  cemetery,  the  Fort  Delaware  prison-dead; 
interments  reported  (roster  should  be  in  the  War  Department, 
but  cannot  be  found;  and  the  number  of  deaths  reported  seem 
to  be  too  few) i ,  4 34 

Total  in  New  Jersey T.434 

NEW  YORK. 
ELMIRA — 

In    Woodlawn    National   cemetery,  the    military  prison-dead; 

interments  known  and  reported 2.947 

Carried  forward 

2,947       17.374 

[*Official  note  ] 

RECORD  AND  PENSION  OFFICE, 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
WASHINGTON,  January  17,  iS> 
Gen.  John  C.  Underivood,   Chicago,  III.  : 

Many  of  the  Confederate  prisoners  who  died  in  confinement  at  Fort  Delaware  were  buried  at  Finn's 
Point,  N.  J.,  but  no  roster  of  those  buried  there  is  known  to  be  in  existence.  No  record  has  been  found 
of  any  prison  at  Finn's  Point,  N.  J.,  nor  has  anything  been  found  to  show  that  any  Confederate 
prisoners  were  ever  confined  at  that  place. 

By  authority  of  the  secretary  of  war: 

F.  C.  AINSWORTH,  Col.  U  S.  Army,  Chief  of  Office. 


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Brought  forward 2.947       J7.374 

LONG  ISLAND — 

In   Cypress  Hills  cemetery,   the  military   prison-dead;    inter- 
ments known  and  reported 488 

Total  in  New  York •  3.435 

At  COLUMBUS —  OHIO. 

In  the  Confederate  and  city  cemeteries,  the  Camp  Chase 
prison-dead;  interments  known  and  reported  (J.  C.  U.'s  offi- 
cial roster) 2.161 

JOHNSON'S  ISLAND    (L.  E.,  near  Sandusky) — 

In  the  Confederate  cemetery,  the  military  prison -dead; 
interments  known  and  reported  (J.  C.  U.'s  official  roster).  . . .  206 

Total  in  Ohio 2, 367 

At  PHILADELPHIA—  PENNSYLVANIA. 

In  the  National  cemetery,  principally,  the  military  prison- 
dead  removed  from  Chester  Rural  cemetery  and  the  Odd- 
Fellows'  cemetery;  interments  known  and  reported 224 

PITTSBURG — 

In  Allegheny  cemetery,  the  military  prison-dead;  interments 

known  and  reported 15 


Total  in  Pennsylvania 239 

At  MADISON—  WISCONSIN. 

In  the  Confederate  burying  plot  of  cemetery,  the  military 
prison-dead;  interments  reported  and  rosters  promised  by 
War  Department 137 

Total  in  Wisconsin 137 

Total   number  of  interments  of  deceased  prisoners  re- 
ported   23, 552 

There  are  possibly  100  Confederate  soldiers  buried  in  the  Soldiers' 
Home  National  cemetery  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  doubtless  an  aggre- 
gate of  a  few  hundred  more  at  other  points,  but  the  total  of  such  inter- 
ments throughout  the  department,  recorded  and  unknown,  will  not  vary 
materially  from  the  number  reported  above  which  will  approxi- 
mate 24,000  (unless  there  were  many  more  deaths  at  Fort  Delaware 
than  reported). 

The  mortuary  rosters  heretofore  reported  and  filed  with  the  adjutant- 
general  embrace  the  lists  of  Confederate  soldiers  who  died  in  military 
prisons,  and,  besides  recording  their  names,  give  dates  of  deaths  in  all 
cases  and,  with  few  exceptions,  the  companies,  regiments  and  states 
from  whence  the  deceased  hailed,  so  that  it  will  be  an  easy  matter  to 
ascertain  desired  information  covered  by  such  records. 

The  foregoing  tabulated  statements  have  been  compiled  from  data 
mainly  furnished  by  the  U.  S.  War  Department,  and,  in  no  instance,  has 
the  battlefield  dead  been  considered. 


Special  reference  is  hereby  made  to  the  good  condition  of  the  *Con- 
federate  cemetery  at  the  government  arsenal  near  Rock  Island,  111.,  and 
much  praise  and  sincerest  thanks  are  due  Gen.  D.  W.  Flagler,  chief  of 
ordnance,  U.  S.  A.,  for  accomplishing  such  work. 


MONUMENT  TO  CONFEDERATE   DEAD  AT  CHICAGO. 


In  this  connection  I  make  synoptical  reference  to  the  construction 
and  dedication  of  the  monument  erected  over  the  southern  dead  buried 
in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago,  and  demonstrations  incidental  thereto, 
giving  below  a  classified  account  of  receipts  and  expenditures,  balanced, 
aggregating  on  both  credit  and  debit  sheets  nearly  $25,000  (which  would 
have  amounted  to  a  much  larger  sum,  had  my  four  years'  services  and 
the  value  of  the  floral  contributions  from  the  south  been  estimated),  as 

follows: 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT, 

CLASSIFIED  RECEIPTS. 

To  cash  from  Chicago  and  northern   sources $11,808.63 

To  cash  and  credit   from    the  Southern   Granite    Co.    and 

various  southern  sources 4,896.63          $16,705 .26 

To  cash  value  of  donations:  — 

By  the  U.  S.  Government,  of  ordnance 3,500.00 

By  various  railroads,   of  transportation 2,050.00 

By  Hotel   and   Palace   Car  Co.,    of    entertainment 

and  accommodation 900.00 

By  sundry  business  firms,  of  printing,  etc 605.00 

By  the  Cemetery   Association,  of   work  and   mate- 
rial    557-78 

By  credit  from  various  sources,    of    service,    labor 

and  material 329.48  7,942.26 

Aggregate $24,647.52 

CLASSIFIED  EXPENDITURES. 

By  cash  and  exchange  for  erection  of  monument ...      $10,000.00 

By  cash  balance  entry  for  value  of  cannon,  shot  and  shell.  3,815.80 

By  cash    balance   entry    for    transportation,    sleeping    car 

accommodation  and  hotel  entertainment  of  guests.          2.950.00 

By  cash  paid  for  banquets,  martial   music  and   regimental 

incidentals 2,188.  34 

By  cash  and  donation  credit  entries  for  printing  and  pub- 
lishing   1,390.85 

By  cash  and  donation  credit  entries  for  grand  stand,  decora- 
tions, vocal  music,  carriages,  etc 994 .  oo 

By  cash  paid,  account  office  and    headquarters,  assistants, 

stationery,  postage,  telegrams,  expressage.  etc 961 . 18 

By  cash  paid,  account  traveling  expenses  and  promotion.  .  .  908.71 

Carried  forward $23, 208 . 88 

(*See   document  relating  thereto  in  addendum.) 


I 


Brought  forward 

By  cash  and  donation  credit  entries  for  clearing,  grubbing 

and  pyramid  foundations 

By  cash  and  donation  credit  entries  for  remodeling  statue. 

painting  ordnance,  boxing,    for  special  assistance. 

and  various  sundries 

By  cash  in  the  hands  of  Col.  H.  L.  Turner,  secretary  and 

treasurer  of  Citizens'   Committee.. 


Aggregate 


$24,647.52 


By  deducting  the  cash  in  the  hands  of  the  secretary  of  the  citizens'  committee 
from  the  aggregate  ($24,647.52 — 575.92),  the  remainder  of  $24,571.60  will  represent  and 
cover  the  total  outlay. 

NOTE.  —A  detailed  statement  of  bills   receivable  and  payable,  under  final   audit,  with 
copies  of  the  certificates  of  their  correctness  and  approval  are  to  be  found  in  addendum. 

The  descriptive  references  to  the  ceremonial  of  the  dedication,  recep- 
tion of  the  Confederate  generals  and  other  southern  guests,  their  enter- 
tainment by  the  good  citizens  of  Chicago,  Cincinnati  and  U.  S.  army 
officers  at  Fort  Thomas,  Ky. ,  are  made  in  the  special  work  following, 
which  is  also  replete  with  orations,  poems,  speeches  and  prayers  and 
embellished  with  engravings  and  etchings  of  the  prominent  actors,  other 
distinguished  personages,  the  monument  and  its  accessories. 

The  preface  hereto  constitutes  a  historic  outline  of  my  individual  and 
public  actions  prior  to  and  under  commission  from  you  and  the  veteran 
federation,  relating  to  things  pertinent  to  the  U.  C.  V.,  the  Confederate 
dead  buried  in  the  northern  states  and  the  general  northern-southern 
movement  toward  establishing  harmonious  social  and  business  relations 
between  the  two  great  sections  of  the  United  States.  This,  together 
with  the  body  of  the  book  and  addendum,  containing  various  documents 
for  reference,  to  prevent  repetition,  are  referred  to  and  hereby  made  part 
of  this  report  as  to  matters  applicable  through  the  discharge  of  duties 
assigned,  and  otherwise  considered  admissible,  because  of  conveying 
information  given  in  channels  interesting  to  the  south  and  its  people. 

Thanking  you  both  personally  and  officially  for  the  numerous  cour- 
tesies extended,  valuable  assistance  frequently  rendered  and  fully  appre- 
ciating the  confidence  reposed  in  and  favor  shown  me  by  yourself,  The 
ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  and  the  U.  C.  V.  federation, 
generally,  I  remain, 

Very  truly  and  fraternally,  your  obedient  servant, 


Major-General  Commanding. 


ACTIVE  STAFF 

OF    THE 

PROVISIONAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  NORTH,  U.  C.  V. 

Page  2.     MAJ.-GEN.  JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD  of  Kentucky,  Commanding  Department. 

ROSTER  OF  STAFF. 

No.  i.  BRIG.-GEN.  FAYETTE  HEWITT  of  Kentucky,  Chief  of  Staff. 

No.  2.  COL.  ALBERT  AKERS  of  Washington  City,  Inspector-General. 

No.  3.  COL.  JOSEPH  DESHA  PICKETT  of  River  Forest,  111.,  Chaplain-General. 

No.  4.  COL.  RAMSEY  H.  STEWART  of  Chicago,  Commissary-General. 

No.  5.  COL.  SAMUEL  J.  SULLIVAN  of  Chicago,  Quartermaster-General. 

No.  6.  COL.  L.  TIERMAN  BRIEN  of  Maryland,  Volunteer  Aid-de-Camp. 

No.  7.  LIEUT.-COL.  LUTE  C.  NORMAN  of  Kentucky,  Ass't  Adjutant-General. 

No.  8.  MAJ.   FRANK  V.  ROBINSON  of  Washington  City,  Special  Transportation  Aid. 


THE  DEPARTMENTAL  STAFF. 

The  Provisional  Department  of  the  North  embracing  such  a  vast 
scope  of  territory,  a  large  staff  was  necessarily  appointed  throughout  its 
limits,  and  of  that  body  certain  members  constitute  the  active  staff  (see 
engravings  and  roster  on  preceding  page).  The  two  officers  from  Chicago 
have  been  of  great  assistance  to  the  commander;  Col.  R.  H.  Stewart, 
besides  soliciting  and  collecting  a  considerable  amount  toward  the 
construction  of  the  monument,  accompanied  him  to  the  south  and  rendered 
valuable  aid  at  the  United  Confederate  Veteran  convention  at  Birming- 
ham, Ala. ;  and  Col.  S.  J.  Sullivan  having  originally  solicited  and  collected 
the  greatest  amount  toward  the  monument  fund  obtained  by  any  of  the 
assistants.  Maj.  F.  V.  Robinson,  as  special  transportation  aid,  rendered 
important  service,  and  the  other  officers  of  the  staff,  in  consequence  of 
their  attendance  at  the  monument  dedication  and  discharge  of  duties 
assigned  them,  are  deserving  of  special  mention. 

To  the  entire  active  staff,  individually  and  collectively,  appreciative 
thanks  are  hereby  extended. 

BIOGRAPHIC  SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  STAFF. 

FAYETTE  HEWITT  entered  the  Confederate  army  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  and,  serving  as 
adjutant-genera!  of  the  Kentucky  "Orphan"  brigade,  was  in  all  the  battles  in  which  that  renowned 
command  participated.  Since  the  war  he  has  been  adjutant  and  quartermaster-general  of  Kentucky,  and 
it  was  through  his  labors  that  the  Kentucky  war  claims  against  the  government  were  settled.  He  is  now 
president  of  a  bank  in  Frankfort,  Ky.  He  is  popular  with  his  army  comrades  and  with  all  who  know  him. 

ALBERT  AKERS  entered  the  Confederate  army  from  Tennessee  as  lieutenant  of  his  company, 
and  subsequently  became  captain.  He  was  twice  very  severely  wounded  and  was  assigned  to  staff  duty, 
and  for  gallantry  and  meritorious  service  promoted  major  and  assistant  adjutant-general.  He  is  one  of 
the  general  officers  of  an  old  line  life  insurance  company;  is  noted  for  his  genial  disposition  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  best  raconteurs  throughout  the  states 

JOSEPH  DESHA  PICKETT  went  south,  from  Kentucky,  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  espoused 
the  Confederate  cause,  serving  as  chaplain  of  the  Kentucky  "Orphan"  brigade.  After  the  close  of 
hostilities  he  returned  to  his  native  state,  and  engaged  in  literary  pursuits  and  ministerial  vocations.  He 
is  now  living  in  ripe  old  age,  respected  and  beloved  by  all  who  know  him. 

RAMSEY  H.  STEWART  entered  tne  Confederate  service  in  the  Twelfth  Mississippi  infantry, 
and,  fighting  in  the  ranks  three  years  of  the  war,  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  the  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia  until  severely  wounded;  when,  on  partial  recovery,  he  was  detached  and  served  in  the  ordnance 
department  and  on  special  duty.  He  was  a  typical  Confederate  infantry  soldier.  After  the  war  he  came 
to  Chicago  and  engaged  in  the  decorating  business,  where  he  has  met  with  great  success,  and  is  now 
president  of  his  company. 

SAMUEL  J.  SULLIVAN  enlisted  as  a  Confederate  soldier  from  Kentucky  and  served  with  Morgan's 
cavalry  throughout  the  war.  Upon  the  surrender  in  1865,  he  went  to  Chicago  and  engaged  in  wholesale 
mercantile  business.  He  is  the  commandant  of  Camp  Chicago,  No.  8,  U.  C.  V.,  and  is  a  type  of  a  frank, 
open-hearted,  chivalrous  southern  soldier. 

L.  TIERMAN  BRIEN  entered  the  Confederate  service  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  became 
colonel  of  the  First  Virginia  cavalry  and  afterward  served  with  distinction  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  J.  E.  B. 
Stuart.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  railroad  business  at  various  points  throughout  the  country  and  at 
different  times  has  been  the  successful  and  popular  business  manager  of  the  Palmer  House,  Chicago. 

LUTE  C.  NORMAN  entered  the  Confederate  army  from  Kentucky,  became  captain  of  his  company 
and  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  was  promoted  major  of  his  regiment.  He  served  with  distinction 
through  the  war  and  upon  its  close  began  the  practice  of  law  and,  entering  politics,  was  elected  auditor 
of  public  accounts  of  his  state,  which  position  he  has  held  for  many  consecutive  terms. 

FRANK  V.  ROBINSON  of  the  Georgetown,  D.  C., -Virginia  family  by  that  name,  has  for  many  years 
been  employed  in  the  treasury  department  of  the  United  States,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
competent  and  reliable  government  employes.  He  is  an  energetic  genial  gentleman  and  had  transporta- 
tion charge  of  the  party  of  southerners  between  Washington  City  and  Chicago  May  28-June  3,  1895. 


GENERAL  CITIZENS'  COMiWITTEE. 

ENTERTAINMENTS    INCIDENTAL    TO    THE    DEDICATION    OF    THE 
CONFEDERATE    MONUMENT,   CHICAGO, 
MAY  29-31,   1895. 

CHICAGO,  May,  1895. 
Gen.  John   C.    Underwood,   Chicago,   Illinois: 

DEAR  GENERAL — In  reference  to  the  dedication  of  the  Confed- 
erate monument  in  Oakwoods  cemetery  and  the  re-union  of  prominent 
generals  of  both  the  Union  and  Confederate  armies,  on  May  30,  1895,  we 
most  heartily  endorse  the  purpose  expressed  and  will  be  pleased  to  serve 
as  members  of  your  reception  committee, 

Very  respectfully, 


Henry  L.  Turner, 

H.  N.  Higinbotham, 

Cyrus  H.  McCormick, 

Ezra  J.  Warner, 

J.  J.  Mitchell, 

Washington  Hesing, 

J.  W.  Doane. 

Gilbert  B.  Shaw, 

C.  L.  Hutchinson, 

Geo.  M.  Pullman, 

Wm.  H.  Rand, 

W.  G.  Ewing, 

Ferdinand  W.  Peck, 

A.  O.  Slaughter, 

W.  A.  Alexander, 

O.  H.  Horton, 

P.  D.  Armour, 

William  Deering, 

Otto  Young, 

W.  D.   Kerfoot, 

Lyman  J.  Gage, 

Joseph  Stockton, 

R.  W.  Patterson, 

H.  W.  Wheeler, 

L.  Z.  Leiter, 

H.  W.  Bolton 

H.C.Chatfield-Taylor, 

Francis  T    Colby, 

J    J.  P.  Odell, 

Wm    Penn  Nixon, 

Chas.  Henrotin, 

T.  H.  Wickes, 

Melville  E    Stone, 

D.  H.  Burnham, 

E.  S.  Lacsy, 

C.  C.  Kohlsaat. 

John  C.  Black, 

Alexander  H.  Revell, 

Orson  Smith, 

Allison  V.  Armour, 

Potter  Palmer, 

Edward  F.  Lawrence, 

Owen  F.  Aldis, 

Robert  L.  Henry, 

T.  W.  Harvey, 

Franklin  H.  Head, 

C.  M    Henderson, 

A.  A.  Sprague, 

Martin  A.  Ryerson, 

Thomas  G    Windes, 

J.  T.  Harahan, 

Geo.  E.  P.  Dodge, 

R.  S    Tuthill, 

John  Barton  Payne, 

M.  M.  Kirkman, 

James  Fentress, 

M.  F.  Tuley, 

Norman  Williams, 

Victor  F.  Lawson, 

W.  H.  Newman, 

Francis  Adams, 

Alfred  Orendorff, 

John  S.  Hannah, 

C.  C.  Bonney, 

Chas.  R    E.  Koch, 

Geo.  M.  Moulton, 

H.  H.  Kohlsaat, 

John  H.  Hamline. 

John  R.  Walsh, 

Chas.  Fitz  Simons, 

S.  P.  McConnell, 

C.  S.  Bentley, 

Harry  G.  Selfridge, 

HempsteadWashburne 

,E    S.  Con  way, 

G.  M.  Rogers, 

Frank  Baker, 

N.  B.  Ream, 

Robert  Lindblom, 

Chas.  E    Fargo, 

Geo.  B.  Swift, 

M.  D.  Wells. 

Samuel  Fallows, 

W.  Vernon  Booth, 

R.  A.  Waller, 

H.  W.  Thomas. 

Clarence  C.  Cheney, 

Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones, 

Chas.  B.  Farwell, 

Luther  Laflin  Mills, 

F.  H.  Cooper, 

Wm.  A.  Amberg, 

Stuyvesant  Fish, 

Byron  L   Smith, 

W.  H.  Crocker, 

Henry  W.  Bishop, 

Marvin  Hughitt, 

R    G.  Chandler, 

J.  P.  Ellacott, 

Swan  A.  Miller, 

M.  E.  Ingalls, 

G.  H.  Wheeler, 

T.  C.  Haynes, 

Malcom  McNeill. 

C.  J.  Blair, 

Chas.  Deering, 

Joseph  R.  Dunlop, 

M.  L.  C.  Funkhouser. 

Geo.  Schneider, 

John  R.  Wilson, 

H.  G    Purinton, 

Richard  Michaelis, 

R.  B.  Campbell, 

L.  T.  Brien, 

A.  J.  Canfield, 

Fred  M.  Farwell, 

Andrew  McNally, 

Fritz  Glogauer, 

Alfred  Russell, 

A.  B.  Capron, 

Samuel  Baker, 

Charles  U.  Gordon, 

Frank  S  Weigley, 

Hugh  T.  Reed. 

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FERDINAND  W.  PECK,  President 


ALEXANDER  H.  REVELL, 

First  Vice-president 


JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD, 

Second  Vice-president 


HENRY  L    TURNER, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer 


Executive  Committee 


ROBERT  A.  WALLER,  Chairman 


HENRY  L.  TURNER,  Vice-chairman 


JOHN  J.  MITCHELL 
SAMUEL  FALLOWS 
GILBERT  B.  SHAW 


WILLIAM  D.  KERFOOT 
MELVILLE  E.  STONE 
CHARLES  U.  GORDON 

AND    EX-OFFICIO  1 


ROBERT  L.  HENRY 

H.  G.  SELFRIDGE 

M.  L.  C.  FUNKHOUSER 


FERDINAND  W.  PECK   ALEXANDER  H.  REVELL  JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD 

Committee  on  flnvntations 

H.  G    SELFRIDGE  HENRY  L.  TURNER  FERDINAND  W.  PECK 

ROBERT  L.  HENRY  JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD 


press  Committee 

MELVILLE  E    STONE        H.  H.  KOHLSAAT 
R.  W.  PATTERSON      v         VICTOR  F.  LAWSON 
JOHN  R.  WILSON  FRANK  S.  WEIGLEY 


WM.  PENN  NIXON 
WASHINGTON  HESING 
JOSEPH  R.  DUNLOP. 


FRITZ  GLOGAUER 


RICHARD  MICHAELIS 


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2O 


RECEPTION  AT  THE  RAILROAD  DEPOT. 

[Extract  from  the  City  Press  of  Chicago.] 

The  gray-haired  members  of  that  band  of  southern  warriors  who  fought  so  bravely 
during  the  war  were  welcomed  to  Chicago  the  morning  of  May  29,  1895  They  came 
from  the  south  to  participate  in  the  dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument  and  their 
hearts  were  filled  with  thankfulness  at  the  thought  that  Chicago  had  been  the  first  to 
unite  the  blue  and  the  gray  in  bonds  of  sympathy  and  affection.  Aged  and  world-worn 
though  they  were,  they  carried  themselves  in  a  soldierly  way,  and  grasped  the  hands  of 
those  who  welcomed  them  in  a  most  hearty  manner. 

Among  the  guests  who  had  arrived  via  Cincinnati  over  the  Big  Four  Route,  was 
Gen.  Longstreet,  whose  long  white  mustache  and  flowing  side  whiskers  gave  him  a 
martial  appearance.  The  citizens'  reception  committee  assembled  at  the  Palmer  House 
on  the  morning  of  the  2gth,  and  escorting  Gens.  Longstreet,  and  S.  D.  Lee  and  ladies, 
the  whole  party  took  carriages  and  drove  to  the  Grand  Central  depot  to  await  the  coming 
of  the  guests  who  were  to  arrive  at  11:00  o'clock  from  Washington  City,  via  the  B.  &  O. 
railroad.  As  the  train  rolled  into  the  depot  the  committee,  together  -with  many  south- 
erners who  had  arrived  in  the  city  on  the  previous  day,  walked  down  to  the  special  car 
which  had  brought  the  distinguished  visitors  from  Washington.  Gen.  Wade  Hampton, 
that  stately  southerner,  with  heavy  gray  mustache  and  side  whiskers,  was  the  first  to  be 
welcomed;  then  came  a  round  of  introductions,  and  Gen.  Underwood  being  the  only  man 
who  knew  and  remembered  the  names  of  everybody,  acted  as  master  of  ceremonies. 
The  party  felt  tired  after  the  long  and  hot  journey  and  therefore  was  soon  escorted  to 
carriages  and  driven  to  the  Palmer  House. 

Flags  covered  the  rotunda  of  the  hotel  and  other  memorials  reminded  the  southerners 
that  Dixie's  land  had  not  been  forgotten  in  Chicago;  and  in  addition,  the  pillars  were 
draped  in  black  and  white  for  Secretary  Gresham.  Above  one  of  the  arches  was  a  large 
portrait  of  the  secretary  of  state  draped  with  crape  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes. 

When  the  Confederate  generals  arrived  at  the  hotel  they  found  many  of  the  com- 
rades from  Atlanta,  Ga. ,  had  taken  possession  and  the  battle-scarred  veterans  were  soon 
among  their  southern  friends  One  notable  figure  in  the  crowd  of  southerners  was 
Chaplain  T.  L.  Smith  of  Virginia,  who  is  now  a  pastor  in  Denver  and  is  in  appearance 
a  patriarch  of  all  the  patriarchs  He  wore  long  flowing  white  hair  and  heavy  white 
beard,  and  carried  with  him  his  commission  as  chaplain  and  major  in  the  Twenty- 
second  Virginia  regiment,  and  was  proud  of  the  distinction  that  his  was  the  first  chap- 
lain's commission  issued  by  the  Confederate  States 

A  touching  meeting  took  place  between  Lieut. -Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  and  Gen.  Wade 
Hampton.  These  two  comrades  embraced,  and  Gen.  Hampton  putting  his  hands  on 
Gen.  Lee's  shoulders,  said,  laughingly:  "Don't  you  remember  how  you  used  to  wish 
you  could  reach  the  rank  of  colonel  and  command  a  battalion  of  artillery?  That  was 
when  you  were  a  captain,  but  you  climbed  up  far  beyond  a  colonelcy." 

In  the  afternoon  the  party  went  to  the  theaters  and  clubs,  the  keys  of  the  city 
opening  to  it  every  class  of  entertainment. 


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ROSTER  OF  GUESTS. 


FROM  GEORGIA: 

Lieut. -Gen.  James  Longstreet,  daugh- 
ter, Marie  Louise,  and  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Sanders  and  daughter,  Marie  Armon- 
tine,  Gainesville. 

Judge  W.  L.-Calhoun,  Col.  A.  J.  West, 
Maj.  J.  M.  Couper  and  Mrs.  R.  L. 
Walker,  Atlanta. 

Maj.  J.  L.  McCollum  and  daughters, 
Blanch  and  Laura,  Marietta. 

FROM  SOUTH  CAROLINA: 

Lieut. -Gen.      Wade      Hampton     and 

secretary,   Mr.    Chas.    E.    Thomas; 

public  officials,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Maj. -Gen.    M.    C.    Butler,    Edgefield; 

Col.   J.    B.     Erwin,     public    official, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

FROM  MISSISSIPPI: 

Lieut.-Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee,  Agricul- 
tural College. 

FROM  VIRGINIA. 

Maj. -Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  Glasglow; 
Brig. -Gen.  Eppa  Hunton,  Warren- 
ton. 

Solicitor- General  Holmes  Conrad, 
public  official,  and  wife,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

FROM  WASHINGTON  CITY: 

Maj. -Gen.  Henry  Heth  and  daughter, 

Nannie. 
Maj. -Gen.  L.  L.  Lomax.wife,  and  Miss 

Isabelle  Armstrong. 
Brig. -Gen.  Marcus  J.  Wright, wife,  and 
Miss  Eliza  Washington,  of  Charles- 
ton, W.  Va. 


Col.  Albert  Akers  and  wife;  Maj.  R. W. 

Hunter. 
Capt.  H.  B.  Littlepage  and  wife;  Capt. 

J.  W.  Drew  and  wife. 
Maj.  F.  V.    Robinson,  Misses  Margret 

Cox,    Virginia     L.    and    Laura   L. 

Mitchell. 

FROM  FLORIDA: 

Maj. -Gen.  S.  G.  French,  Winter  Park. 

FROM   MARYLAND: 

Maj. -Gen.    H.    Kyd   Douglas,  Hagers- 
town;  Col.  W.F.  Beasley,  Baltimore. 

FROM  KENTUCKY: 

Brig. -Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt,  and  Majs. 

H.  T.   Stanton  and   L.  C.   Norman, 

Frankfort. 
Col.  T.  W.  Campbell,  Louisville;  Rev. 

Jos.  Desha  Pickett  (River  Forest,  111. ) 

FROM  NORTH   CAROLINA: 

Col.  Wharton  J.   Green,  Fayetteville. 

FROM  LOUISIANA: 

Col.  W.    R.    Lyman,  wife  and  Misses 

Amanda    C.    and   Mary    Childress, 

New  Orleans. 
Commodore   J.    E.    Montgomery   and 

granddaughter,  New  Orleans. 

FROM  TEXAS: 

Mr.  J.  L.  Currie  and  wife,  Dallas. 

FROM  TENNESSEE: 

Col.  S.  A.  Cunningham,  Nashville. 

FROM  COLORADO. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Smith,  Denver. 


INVITATION    TO    THE    RECEPTION   AT   THE 
PALMER    HOUSE. 


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RECEPTION    AT   THE    PALMER. 

[Condensed  extracts  from   the  City  Press  of  Chicago.] 

The  parlors  of  the  Palmer  House  were -filled  between  5:00  and  7:00  o'clock  last  even- 
ing with  a  merry,  jostling  company,  with  many  characteristics  unusual  in  social  gather- 
ings. One-armed  men  were  so  numerous  as  to  attract  attention.  Bronze  buttons  of 
strange  design  were  worn  in  the  lapels  of  dress  coats.  Tiny  examples  of  the  American 
flag  ware  displayed  on  the  corsages  of  beautiful  women  with  evident  pride,  and  on  the 
bosom  of  a  fair  one  here  and  there  was  pinned  a  badge  of  the  stars  and  bars  side  by  side 
with  the  stars  and  stripes.  Men  with  hair  and  beards  silvered  by  time  were  conspicu- 
ous by  their  number  and  their  erect  carriage.  Strange  for  a  social  affair,  several 
ambled  about  on  crutches  or  canes.  And  in  the  buzz  of  conversation  which  filled  the 
rooms  and  trailed  out  into  the  spacious  corridor  there  was  one  note  which  caught  the 
Chicago  ear  and  held  it  a  willing  prisoner.  It  was  the  unaccustomed  southern  accent, 
with  broadened  "a"  and  slurred  "r,"  softening  our  mother  English  into  the  languorous 
charm  of  the  south.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the  arrangements  for  the  dedication  of 
the  monument  to  the  Confederate  dead  at  Oakwoods  had  not  forgotten  the  social 
amenities,  and  the  gathering  at  the  Palmer  House  was  a  reception  to  the  visitors  from 
the  south. 

Gen.  Underwood  had  prepared  a  musical  treat  for  the  guests  through  the  vocal 
talent  of  the  popular  and  gifted  IMPERIAL-ARION  OCTET,  which  rendered  the  following 
selections  with  admirable  execution  and  harmony: 

PROGRAM. 

1.  THE- FOREST Vangola 

IMPERIAL    QUARTET. 

2.  DUET— The  Fishers, Gabussi 

ARIEL    NICHOLS    AND    ADELE    HOLMAN. 

3.  ANGEL  LAND,          .,     .'  .  ,    \. J.   F.  Bird 

IMPERIAL-ARION  OCTET 

4.  BARITONE  SOLO     My  Axe  of  Steel Havens 

CHAS      A.     DREW. 

5.  CUCKOO, Fittig 

ARION    QUARTET. 

6.  JENKS'  COMPOUND Macv 

IMPERIAL    QUARTET. 

7.  DAYBREAK,     ... Peuret 

ARION    QUARTET. 

8      SOUTHERN  MELODIES, 

IMPERIAL-ARION    OCTET. 

9.      GOODNIGHT,      ....... .      .      .    Pinsntti 

IMPERIAL-ARION    OCTET. 
v 

Beyond  the  singing  there  was  nothing  prearranged.  The  familiar  plantation  melodies 
moved  southern  and  northern  hands  alike  to  applause;  and  the  gallant  warriors  from  the 
south  maintained  their  chivalrous  reputation  by  paying  compliments  to  the  pretty 
young  women  present.  Many  Chicagoans  called  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  visitors 

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May  29-  31,  1895. 


SEE  PAGE  27. 


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and  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  the  men  who  have  won  distinction  in  legislative  halls  as 
well  as  on  the  field  of  battle,  but  the  feature  of  the  affair,  after  all,  was  the  reunion  of 
comrades  after  a  long  separation.  Not  only  were  southerners  from  widely  separated 
sections  brought  together,  but  Chicago  counts  among  her  good  citizens  hundreds  who 
wore  the  gray,  and  to  these  the  opportunity  of  meeting  their  old  commanders  was  an 
occasion  to  open  the  springs  of  the  heart  for  a  flood  of  love,  admiration  and  fraternal 
good  will. 

The  meeting  of  "Yank"  and  "Johnny  Reb  "  was  also  a  feature  of  the  occasion.  It 
was  always  accompanied  by  the  warmest  of  cordiality,  and  the  old  epithets  that  once 
stirred  their  blood  to  the  fighting  pitch  were  bandied  with  rollicking,  mocking  good 
nature.  And  it  needed  only  the  fair  daughters  of  the  south,  a  handful  in  number  but 
lovely  in  their  evening  gowns,  full  of  feminine  graciousness  and  with  an  engaging 
vivacity  set  off  by  the  charming  southern  accent,  to  add  the  last  touch  to  this  memorable 
gathering. 

Gen.  Longstreet  was  the  center  of  universal  interest.  Feeble  with  seventy  years  and 
more,  he  sat  in  the  middle  of  one  of  the  parlors,  the  point  of  general  attraction.  The 
general  was  compelled  to  use  an  ear  trumpet,  but  beamed  with  interest  when  incidents 
of  the  war  were  recalled.  About  him  were  grouped  several  southern  women,  as  though 
a  bodyguard,  and  near  by  stood  his  pretty  daughter  receiving  compliments  for  her 
father's  valor  and  paying  filial  tribute  by  wearing  the  stars  and  bars  on  her  bosom  by  the 
side  of  the  red,  white  and  blue.  Ex-Sheriff  O.  L.  Mann  of  this  city,  furnished  a  char- 
acteristic incident.  Stumping  in  on  crutches,  he  reminded  Gen.  Longstreet  that  when  a 
member  of  the  Thirty-ninth  Illinois  regiment  in  the  Shenandoah  valley  he  tried  to  pay 
his  compliments,  but  had  been  prevented  and  now  called  to  make  up  for  lost  time. 

Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  of  Mississippi,  was  another  distinguished  guest,  and  his  ener- 
getic expression,  fine  personnel  and  military  carriage  caused  him  to  be  much  sought  after 
by  his  comrades  and  the  citizens  of  Chicago. 

Gen.  Wade  Hampton,  son  and  grandson  of  warriors,  the  typical  soldier,  the  dashing 
cavalryman,  the  governor  of  South  Carolina,  United  States  senator,  and  now  the  govern- 
ment railroad  commissioner,  was  surrounded  by  an  admiring  throng.  Capt.  Littlepage 
was  compelled  to  tell  again  and  again  the  story  of  the  fight  between  the  Monitor  and  the 
Merrimac,  for  he  was  on  the  rebel  gunboat  during  its  entire  career.  Gen.  Wright  had 
a  special  interest  for  many  because  he  furnished  much  of  the  Confederate  data  which 
Gen.  Grant  used  in  his  magazine  articles  and  memoirs.  George  Forrester,  formerly  of 
Kentucky,  and  John  W.  White,  formerly  of  Virginia,  both  now  of  Chicago,  held  groups 
of  veterans  in  suspense  as  they  tried  to  outdo  each  other  with  stories  of  the  raids  of  Gen. 
Morgan  and  Col.  Mosby.  Col.  Campbell,  a  neighbor  of  Gen.  Underwood  before  the 
war,  touched  on  the  sharp  contrasts  of  the  war  by  telling  how  he  had  charge  of  his 
friend  when  taken  prisoner. 

Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  the  distinguished  cavalry  officer  and  ex-governor  of  Virginia, 
was  another  of  the  popular  guests,  and  though  he  arrived  late,  he  was  made  quite  a  lion 
by  both  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  vied  with  each  other  to  greet  him. 

Col.  Charles  J.  Murphy  of  New  York,  was  a  picturesque  figure  with  his  massive  head 
crowned  in  white  and  bearing  medals  proving  honorable  service  in  the  Mexican  war  as 
well  as  in  that  of  the  rebellion. 

The  reception  committee  was:  Ferdinand  W.  Peck,  William  D.  Kerfoot,  George  B. 
Shaw,  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows,  Alexander  H.  Revell,  Malcom  McNeill,  Robert  A.  Waller, 
Harry  G.  Selfridge,  Henry  L.  Turner,  Robert  L.  Henry,  Metellus  L.  C.  Funkhouser 
and  John  C.  Underwoood. 


LADY  ASSISTANTS. 


No.  i.  MISS  VIRGINIA  L.  MITCHELL,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

No.  2.  MISS  MARIE  LOUISE  LONGSTREET,  Gainesville,  Ga. 

NO  3.  MISS  MARIE  ARMONTINE  SANDERS,  Gainesville,  Ga. 

No.  4.  MISS  AMANDA  C.  CHILDRESS,  New  Orleans,  La. 

No.  5.  MISS  MARGARET  COX,  Washington,  D    C. 

No.  6.  MISS  NANNIE  HETH,  Washington,  D.  C. 

No.  7.  MRS.  MARCUS  J.  WRIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 

No.  «.  MISS  FANNIE  M.  SCOTT,  Van  Buren,  Ark: 


SEE  FOLLOWING  PAGE 


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The  first  of  the  reception  committee  to  arrive  were  Ferdinand  W.  Peck  and  Miss 
Peck,  Malcom  McNeill  and  the  Misses  McNeill.  These  young  ladies  were  in  the  inter- 
esting groups  through  the  afternoon.  Among  the  first  arrivals  were  Col.  and  Mrs  Albert 
Akers  of  Washington.  Mrs.  Akers  descended  from  a  distinguished  revolutionary  family, 
is  the  cousin  of  Maj.-Gen.  Pickett,  of  Gettysburg  fame,  a  queenly  and  charming  woman, 
and  had  a  court  of  admirers  about  her  from  the  first.  Early  in  the  afternoon  Solicitor- 
General  and  Mrs.  Holmes  Conrad  of  Winchester,  Miss  Polly  Gary  Randolph  and  Col. 
Isham  Randolph  of  Chicago,  were  together.  Gen.  and  Mrs.  Marcus  J.  Wright  of  Wash- 
ington, were  among  the  first  comers.  With  them  was  a  distinguished  and  elegant 
woman,  Miss  Eliza  Seldon  Washington,  daughter  of  Col.  John  Augustine  Washington, 
the  last  private  owner  of  Mount  Vernon.  Miss  Washington  was  born  in  that  historic 
mansion.  She  was  the  recipient  of  marked  attention.  Miss  Belle  Armstrong,  the  hand- 
some and  winsome  daughter  of  Gen.  Frank  Armstrong  and  grandniece  of  President 
James  K.  Polk;  was  present  and  the  center  of  a  circle.  Gen.  H.  Kyd  Douglas  of  Hag- 
erstown,  Md.,  was  a  marked  figure,  gray  clad,  and  the  target  of  all  eyes  on  account  of 
his  striking  personality.  He  is  one  of  the  Bayard  type,  of  great  inches,  slight,  with  a 
smooth  cameo-cut  face,  gray  hair,  full  blue  eyes  and  great  mobility  of  expression  com- 
plete the  ensemble.  Gen.  Douglas  tells  an  inimitable  story,  and  has  manners  simple 
and  easy.  Among  others  present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  H.  Cooper  of  Chicago,  the 
brilliant  and  attractive  Miss  Margaret  Cox  of  Washington  City,  the  beautiful  Misses 
Virginia  and  Laura  Mitchell  of  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  who  are  descendants  of  Gen. 
George  Washington's  only  sister  Betty,  and,  through  their  mother,  connected  with 
Martha  Washington.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Henry  of  Chicago,  both  of  whom  were  exceed- 
ingly attentive  to  the  guests,  especially  Mrs.  Henry,  who  in  hsr  attractive  and  agreeable 
way  assisted  in  introducing  and  making  everyone  feel  perfectly  at  ease  and  happy,  Mr. 
and  Mrs,  Alexander  H.  Revell  and  Miss  Alice  Revell  of  Chicago;  Gen.  Harry  Heth  and 
daughter,  Miss  Nannie  Heth  of  Washington  City.  Another  cavalry  general  was  M.  C. 
Butler,  late  United  States  senator  from  South  Carolina,  a  superb  looking  man  and  distin- 
guished for  his  chivalry  and  gallantry,  and,  although  he  lost  a  leg  in  the  battle  of  Brandy 
Station,  appeared  as  a  veritable  Adonis.  Among  the  otherspresent  were  Maj.-Gen.  L.L. 
Lomax  and  wife,  of  Washington,  D.  C.;  Brig. -Gen.  Alfred  Orendorff,  adjutant-general  of 
Illinois;  Gen.  S.  G.  French  of  Florida,  the  hero  of  Kennesaw  mountain;  Maj.  Henry  T. 
Stanton,  the  poet  laureate  of  Kentucky;  Gen.  Eppa  Hunton,  United  States  senator  from 
Virginia;  Maj.  Robert  W.  Hunter  of  Virginia,  Gen.  Gordon's  adjutant-general  during  the 
last  fight  at  Appomattox;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  A.  Waller  of  Chicago,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Crocker  of  Chicago,  W.  A.  Alexander  of  Chicago;  Capt.  J.  W.  Drew  and  wife  of  Wash- 
ington City,  Col.  W.  R.  Lyman  and  wife,  and  those  lovely  daughters  of  the  Gulf,  Misses 
Amanda  C.  and  Mary  Childress  of  New  Orleans.  Col.  Lyman  is  a  distinguished  southerner 
and  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of  the  Crescent  City,  and  Miss  Amanda 
Childress  has  enthusiastically  devoted  much  of  her  time  in  assisting  to  perfect  the  organ- 
izations of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas.  H.  Harris,  of  Chicago 
and  Maj.  Frank  V.  Robinson  of  Washington  City.  Over  in  a  corner  stood  a 
man  of  military  bearing,  who,  thirty  years  ago,  when  he  was  a  mere  boy,  helped 
to  keep  guard  over  the  Confederate  prisoners  at  Camp  Douglas — the  men  who  met 
J.  P.  Ellacott  at  the'  reception  made  as  much  of  a  fuss  about  it  as  though 
he  were  an  old  and  dear  friend,  instead  of  a  one-time  jailer.  He  was  glad  to  see  them 
all,  too,  and  immediately  became  involved  in  a  long  argument  as  to  the  days  of  the 
Golden  Circle  conspiracy  and  the  exact  location  of  certain  tunnels  and  stockades  in 
the  old  Camp  Douglas  prison. 


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Back  of  the  chair  of  the  venerable  Gen.  Longstreet,  who  was  surrounded  by  friends 
and  admirers  waiting  for  a  word  or  presentation,  were:  Miss  Louise  Longstreet,  his 
daughter,  and  Miss  Armontine  Sanders.  These  young  ladies  were  remarked  for  viva- 
cious beauty  and  high-bred  courtesy.  In  the  same  interesting  party  were  Miss  Lucy  Lee 
Hill  of  Chicago,  whose  father  was  Lieut.-Gen.  A.  P.  Hill  of  Virginia  and  mother,  a 
sister  of  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan  of  Kentucky;  Mrs.  Katie  Cabell  Currie,  the  beautiful 
and  accomplished  daughter  of  Gen.  Cabell  of  Dallas,  Texas,  and  Mrs.  Sanders  of 
Gainesville,  Ga. 

Col.  Henry  L.  Turner  did  the  honors  on  behalf  of  the  military  arm  of  the  city,  and 
brought  his  handsome  wife  along  to  help. 

Gen.  JohaC.  Underwood,  the  originator  of  the  plan  for  a  memorial  to  the  Confederate 
dead  at  Oakwoods  and  of  the  peace  festival  attendant  upon  its  dedication,  came  late  and 
the  cordial  greetings  and  ripple  of  applause  that  welcomed  him  indicated  his  place  in 
the  affections  of  both  northern  and  southern  people.  The  general  was  tired  and  wor- 
ried with  the  burden  of  the  two  days'  program  which  he  has  charge  of,  but  he  found 
time  to  say  pleasant  things  to  everybody  and  give  the  final  touch  of  cordiality  to  the 
affair. 

Gen.  Joseph  Stockton  received  the  veterans  from  the  south  with  all  the  courtesy 
that  comes  of  a  knowledge  of  man's  fighting  qualities;  and  Washington  Hesing  was  there 
because  the  government  had  taken  official  cognizance  of  the  reunion  and  because  he 
personally  believes  the  spirit  which  prompted  the  festival  is  a  good  and  beautiful  one. 

Bishop  Fallows,  who  has  been  a  soldier,  and,  despite  his  cloth,  knows  a  lot  about 
society,  said  the  reception  was  a  historic  event  and  the  most  splendid  society  function 
since  the  ante-bellum  days.  Rev.  Dr.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones,  who  loves  to  see  people  kiss 
and  make  up,  stated  it  was  simply  glorious  to  see  old  enemies  meeting  together  in  sweet 
amity  like  brethren  and  sisters. 

A  unique  feature  and  contrast  was  furnished  by  Harrison  Terrell,  a  colored  man  with 
a  history.  Born  a  slave,  he  followed  the  fortunes  of  his  master  through  the  war  and 
served  Gen.  Lee's  staff  as  cook  and  valet  until  the  surrender  at  Appomattox.  He 
became  an  employe  of  Gen.  Grant  while  president,  and  the  great  commander  sent  for 
him  to  come  to  McGregor  to  help  smooth  his  dying  hours. 

These  are  characteristic  examples  of  the  men.  the  reminiscences  and  contrasts 
brought  to  notice  on  every  hand  at  the  reception,  filling  hearts  with  tenderness  and  often 
eyes  with  tears.  And  against  this  background  of  military  shoulders,  of  noble  heads,  of 
tales  of  daring  and  suffering  were  outlined  the  grace  and  high-bred  beauty  of  the  Amer- 
ican woman,  the  northerner  and  the  southerner,  exchanging  sisterly  affection  in  imitation 
of  the  examples  set  by  father  and  brother. 

Some  of  the  women — and  there  were  about  one  hundred  of  them — were  remarkably 
beautiful,  and  probably  no  more  aristocratic  gathering  has  ever  come  together  in  the 
parlors  of  Mr.  Palmer's  hotel. 

The  citizens  commenced  taking  leave  of  the  honored  visitors  at  7:00  o'clock  and  in 
a  half  hour  all  had  left,  that  the  male  guests  might  have  an  opportunity  to  prepare  for 
the  banquet  shortly  to  follow. 

About  8:00  p.  m.,  members  of  the  committee  arrived  with  carriages  and  the  distin- 
guished personages  were  whirled  away  to  the  banquet  halls  at  Kinsley's. 


OCCASION    OF    THE    DEDICATION    OF   THE 
CONFEDERATE    MONUMENT 

CHICAGO,    ILL. 


BANQUET    TO    DISTINGUISHED    UNION    AND 
CONFEDERATE    OFFICERS 


UNDER     THE     AUSPICES    OF 


THE    CITIZENS'    COMMITTEE. 


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IRlnsle^'s 

May  29, 1895 

FROM    8    TO     12    O'CLOCK    P     M. 


RADISHES. 


MENU 

LITTLE  NECK  CLAMS. 
CRESS. 


OLIVES. 
COCKTAIL  SOUTHERN. 


CONSOMME  MACEDOINE. 

TOASTED  WAFERS.  AMONTILLADO. 

PLANKED  WHITEFISH. 
CUCUMBERS.  POTATOES  PARISIENNE. 

HAUT  SAUTERNES,  1874. 

TENDERLOIN  OF  BEEF  A  LA  CHATELAINE. 
NEW  POTATOES.  STUFFED  TOMATOES. 

PONTET  CANKT,  1881. 
PUNCH  MILITAIRE. 

BROILED  SNIPE  ON  TOAST.  NEW  ASPARAGUS  VINAIGRETTE. 

SPARKLING  MOSELLE. 
TRUFFLED  PATE  ON  LEAF  OF  LETTUCE. 

MOET  AND  CHANDON  WHITE  SEAL. 
GLACE,  WITH  FRESH  STRAWBERRIES. 

WHITE,  MOSAIC  AND  BLACK  CAKE. 

CHEESE.  CRACKERS.  COFFEE. 

COGNAC.  CIGARS. 


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AFTER    DINNER   EXERCISES. 


FERDINAND  W.   PECK,   President  Citizens'  Committee,   Chairman 


Sentiments  anfc  IResponfcers 

ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME, The  Chairman 

RESPONSE Gen.   JOHN  B.   GORDON,   Commanding 

United  Confederate  Veterans 

Col.   HENRY  L.   TURNER,   Toastmaster. 


Taps  for  the  Old  Days, 
Reveille  for  the  New. 


By  the   Toastmaster. 


Coasts 

1.  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,    .    Lieut  -Gen.   JOHN  M.   SCHOFIELD 

2.  THE  ARMY  OF  NORTHERN  VIRGINIA,   .      Lieut.-Gen.   JAMES  LONGSTREET 

3.  THE  REUNITED  NATION Maj.-Gen.   JOHN  M.   PALMER 

4.  THE  AMERICAN  SOLDIER  IN  HISTORY,       .      .    Maj.-Gen.   M.   C.   BUTLER 

5.  "HERE'S  THE  HAND  OF  FELLOWSHIP!"  .      .      .        Gen.   JOHN  C.   BLACK 

6.  "SHALL  NOT  THE  SOUTH  GRASP  IT?"        .      .    Maj.-Gen.   FITZHUGH  LEE 

7.  THE  BEAUTY  OF  FORGETFULNESS,        ....      Judge  R.   S.   TUTHILL 

8.  SOUTHERN  CHIVALRY  FROM   1776  TO  1865,     Lieut.-Gen.   WADE  HAMPTON 

9.  THE  CHRISTIAN  SIDE  OF  THE  SOLDIER,   .      .  Rev.  H.  W   THOMAS,  D.D. 

10.  THE  PROSPEROUS  SOUTHLAND,     .      .      .        Lieut.-Gen.   STEPHEN  D.   LEE 

11.  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD,    the  Nation's  New  Soldiery, 

Adjt.-Gen.   ALFRED  ORENDORFF 

12.  SOUTHERN  INFANTRY ,    Maj.-Gen.   E.   C.   WALTHALL 

13.  THE  CROWN  OF  HEROISM,     ......   Hon.   LUTHER  LAFLIN  MILLS 

14.  THE  DEAD  HEROES  OF  AMERICA,   A  National  Monument, 

Rev.   A.   J.   CANFIELD,   D.D 

15.  THE  UNITED  STATES  VOLUNTEER,    .      ...        Gsn.   JOSEPH  STOCKTON 

16.  THE   MOTHER  OF  PRESIDENTS  TO  THE  HISTORIC  NORTHWEST. 

Senator  JOHN  W.   DANIEL 

17.  THE  EXCERCISE  OF  OFFICIAL  INFLUENCE  AND  POWER, 

Solicitor-Gen.   HOLMES  CONRAD 

18.  THE   "INDIVIDUAL"  OF  THE  AMERICAN   SOLDIER, 

Maj.-Gen.   H.   KYD  DOUGLAS 

Extemporaneous  rernjniscent  speeches  by  Gens.  Alex.  P.  Stewart,  Harry  Heth, 
S.  G.  French,  L.  L.  Lomax,  Marcus  J.  Wright,  Eppa  Hunton,  Wm.  H.  Payne, 
Frank  C.  Armstrong,  and  others. 

GOOD  NIGHT  AND  BENEDICTION,       .      .      ...       Rev.   JENKIN  LLOYD  JONES 

ALL    SPEECHES    ARE    LIMITED    TO    FIVE    MINUTES    EACH. 

(The  Program  could  not  be  exactly  carried  out  owing  to  the  unavoidable  absence 
of  some  of  the  speakers.) 

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May  29-31,    1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Ferdinand  W.  Peck  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  in  1848;  graduated  at  Chicago's  High  School,  Old  University  and  Union  College  of 

Law;  admitted  to  the  bar  coincidently  with  the  attainment  of  his  twenty-first  year. 
Prominently  connected  with  enterprises  which  have  contributed  to  the  renown  of  Chicago. 
From  the  earliest  agitation  of  the  Columbian  celebration  he  was  its  indefatigable  champion. 
Positions  filled: — 

First  vice-president,  member  board  of  control,  and  chairman  committee  on  finance  World's  Columbian  exposition. 
President  of  the  Chicago  Athenaeum;  president  of  the  Auditorium  Association;  president  of  the  Chicago  Opera  Festival 
Association;    trustee  of  the  New  Chicago  University;   vice-president  of   the  Illinois  Humane  Society;    president 
of  the  Union  League  Club;  member  and  vice-president  of  the  board  of  education. 
Probably  his  most  successful  work  was  the  conception  and  erection  of  the  magnificent  Auditorium  building. 


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FERDINAND  W.   PECK,   ESQ. 

President  of  Chicago  Citizens'  Committee. 


After  the  banquet,  at  9:30  p.  m.,  President  Ferdinand  W.  Peck  called 
the  assembly  to  order,  and  spoke  as  follows: 

Mr.  Peck:  •'  Gentlemen — In  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Chicago  it  is 
my  duty  and  great  pleasure  to  extend  a  most  cordial  welcome  to  our  dis- 
tinguished guests  from  all  sections  of  our  common  country,  who  honor 
us  by  their  presence.  There  have  been  few  grander  or  more  significant 
events  in  our  American  history  than  this  coming  together  of  the  great  sol- 
dier-leaders who,  with  their  comrades,  more  than  thirt)'  years  ago,  fought 
gallantly  face  to  face,  as  well  as  side  by  side,  for  a  cause  which  each  of 
them  believed  to  be  just,  and  for  the  defense  of  which  each  felt  that 
duty  demanded  action.  (Applause.)  It  is  indeed  fitting,  and  our 
citizens  of  Chicago  are  proud  of  the  fact,  that  this  greatest  and  most 
representative  of  American  cities  should  be  the  chosen  ground  for  this 
sublime  occasion,  and  we  express  a  Nation's  sentiment  when  we  grasp 
the  hands  of  our  brothers  from  every  section  of  our  splendid  republic 
and  forever  obliterate  all  differences  as  we  stand  under  the  folds  of  Old 
Glory  (applause  and  cheers),  which  is  and  shall  be  forever  hereafter  our 
one  common  banner.  (Applause.)  Outside  of  sentiment  and  patriot- 
ism, gentlemen,  there  will  come  from  this  assembly  and  the  fraternal  feel- 
ing thereby  established,  closer  commercial  relations  and  business  union 
between  the  citizens  of  our  country,  thus  enlisting  in  a  larger  degree 
the  investment  of  the  capital  of  this  section  in  developing  the  vast 
resources  of  the  southern  states.  (Applause.)  To  accomplish  this 
there  must  be  strong  fellowship  and  mutual  confidence  existing  between  the 
people  of  what  was  once  known  as  the  Confederacy  and  the  section  con- 
taining the  great  cities  of  the  north.  There  should  be  closer  union 
between  all  sections  of  our  country,  for  there  is  great  and  grand  and 
glorious  work  for  all  true  loyal  men  and  women  to  do,  and  they  should 
stand  united  to  promote  our  national  welfare,  that  the  republic  may 
always  endure.  (Applause.)  I  do  not  believe  that  the  Columbian 
exposition  of  1893  was  a  more  momentous  event  in  its  future  influence 
upon  both  our  city  of  Chicago  and  upon  our  Nation  than  is  this  second 
reunion  of  the  great  representatives  of  our  civil  war,  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  after  the  object  lesson  taught  by  Grant  and  Lee  at 
Appomattox  and  the  precepts  left  to  us  by  the  immortal  Lincoln  of 
charity  toward  all  and  malice  toward  none.  (Applause.) 


LIEUT.-GEN.  STEPHEN  D.  LEE, 

DURING  THE  SIXTIES. 


May  29-  31,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Stephen  Dill  Lee  was  born  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,  September  22,  1833;  graduated  at  United  States  Military  Academy,  June,  1854. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army: — 

Second  lieutenant,  Fourth  artillery,  June,  1854,  and  first  lieutenant  and  regimental  quartermaster,  October,  1854. 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

Captain  March,  1861;  major  November,  1861;  lieutenant-colonel    May.  1862;  colonel  July,  1862. 

Brigadier-general  P.  A.  C.  S..  November  6,  1862;  major-general  P.  A.  C.  S.,  August  3,  1863.  • 

Lieutenant-general  P.  A.  C.  S.,  June  23,  1864;  Stale  senator  of  Mississippi,  1878. 

President  of  Mississippi  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  1880 Member  of  state  constitutional  convention,  1890. 


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"Again,  friends  from  the  south  and  from  the  north,  the  people  of  this 
imperial  city  warmly  welcome  you  and  greet  you  as  brothers  in  a  united 
Nation,  that  forevermore  shall  know  no  sectionalism  and  no  discord. 
(Applause.)  w 

"I  am  requested  to  say  that  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon  of  Georgia,  is 
unexpectedly  detained  by  the  illness  of  his  wife.  He  has  warmly 
commended  this  gathering,  and  expressed  his  earnest  desire  to  be 
present,  by  his  telegrams  and  by  his  letters. 

''Among  many  distinguished  gentlemen  who  surround  us  to-night  and 
honor  us  by  their  presence,  there  is  one  whose  name  is  national,  whose 
record  is  great  in  war  and  is  great  in  peace.  I  have  the  honor,  gentlemen, 
to  present  to  you  Lieut. -Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  of  Mississippi  " 


LIEUT.-GEN.   STEPHEN  D.  LEE, 

Of  Mississippi. 

The  general  was  greeted  with  great  applause  and  cheers,  and  spoke  as 
follows: 

Geri.  Lee:  "  Mr.  President  and  Fellow  Citizens  of  Chicago — On 
account  of  the  absence  of  Gen.  Gordon,  I  have  the  unexpected  pleasure 
of  expressing,  on  behalf  of  those  who  have  accepted  your  hospitality, 
our  warm  appreciation  of  these  courtesies.  A  year  ago  you  gave  a  royal 
welcome  to  the  world  in  this  typical  American  city,  and  on  this  occasion 
show  that  you  have  the  same  welcome  for  your  most  distant  American 
brethren,  who  come  here  with  the  love  of  this  republic  in  their  hearts 
and  a  message  of  peace  upon  their  lips.  (Applause.)  To-night  we  feel 
that  Chicago  hospitality  knows  no  sectional  line.  This  great  city,  des- 
tined to  be  the  heart  of  the  Nation,  makes  no  American  a  stranger 
(applause),  and  we  of  the  south  feel  that  we  share  your  broad  and 
catholic  welcome.  If  we  read  the  significance  of  this  occasion  aright, 
this  welcome  is  worthy  to  be  made  historic.  In  this  city  that  makes 
presidents  another  great  thing  has  come  to  pass.  A  thousand  miles  have 
come  the  veterans  of  the  greatest  civil  war  that  the  world  has  ever  seen. 
The  defeated  have  come  into  the  land  of  the  victor,  .even  into  the  ranks 
of  their  bravest  foes,  bringing  with  them  flowers  to  lay  on  the  graves  of 
the  great  dead,  and  to  set  up  a  monument,  not  to  those  who  fell  in  the 
red  onslaught  of  battle,  but  to  those  who  in  prison  walls  sealed  their 
sincerity  with  their  lives.  To  these  pilgrims  Chicago  is  saying,  not  that 
we  approve  of  the  principles  for  which  these  men  fought,  not  that  we 
concede  one  jot  or  tittle  of  the  convictions  which  caused  us  to  send  our 
own  brave  men  to  the  battle  front,  but  that  we  do  not  deem  it  dishon- 


May  29,  1895. 


SEE  FOLLOWING  PAGE. 


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orable  to  honor  the  unfortunate  brave.  (Great  applause  and  cheers.) 
That  you  make  no  war  upon  the  dead,  but  rather  with  you,  we  would 
honor  whatever  was  faithful,  courageous  and  heroic  in  these  American 
soldiers.  (Applause.)  It  is  not  strange  that  the  hatreds  of  civil  strife 
have  not  been  eliminated  from  so  many  hearts,  but  it  is  strange  that  so 
much  love  and  reconciliation  has  spread  over  our  broad  Nation.  And  in 
conclusion,  my  friends,  I  desire  to  say  in  behalf  of  your  visitors,  that  we 
accept  your  friendship  with  the  same  generous  spirit  with  which  you 
offer  it;  that  we  invite  you  again  to  invade  us,  not  with  your  bayonets 
this  time,  but  with  your  business.  (Applause.)  We  want  to  hear  in 
our  land  the  voices  of  your  industries;  we  wish  you  to  push  the  columns 
of  your  goods  into  our  utmost  stronghold,  and  when  you  come,  we  will 
give  you  as  hearty,  if  not  as  royal,  a  welcome."  (Great  applause.) 

President  Peck:  "I  know  that  our  distinguished  guests,  also  our  own 
citizens  of  Chicago,  would  be  glad  to  hear  a  word  from  their  mayor,  the 
Hon.  George  B.  Swift." 

HON.  GEORGE  B.  SWIFT, 

Mayor  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Swift:  "Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen — It  is  hardly  fair  to  depart 
from  or  interfere  with  the  carefully  prepared  program  and  yet  the  true 
Chicagoan  never  falters  when  called  to  the  front.  And  to-night  I  realize 
fully  why  I  have  been  asked  to  say  a  word  to  you,  or  rather  to  our 
guests,  and  it  arises  from  the  fact  that  I  am  the  chief  magistrate  of  the 
greatest  city  in  America,  and  in  that  capacity,  as  the  mayor  of  this  won- 
derful city,  I  bid  you  guests  a  royal  Chicago  welcome.  Chicago  is  equal 
to  every  occasion.  Witness  the  warmth  of  the  weather — unparalleled 
the  papers  state  (the  papers  always  state  the  truth),  unparalleled  in  the 
history  of  Chicago,  the  warmest  May  weather  ever  known  in  our  city. 
That  is  an  indication  of  the  individual  and  collective  warmth  of  heart  of 
the  Chicago  citizens  toward  their  honored  guests.  Now,  my  fellow 
citizens,  we  welcome  you,  we  thrice  welcome  you  in  our  midst.  We 
bespeak  for  you  a  happy  sojourn,  we  hope  for  you  a  safe  return  to  your 
homes,  we  also  hope  that  there  may  abide  in  your  hearts  and  your  minds 
the  kindliest  recollection  of  Chicago  and  her  people.  Again  I  bid 
you  welcome."  (Applause.) 

President  Peck:  "A  gentleman  who  will  speak  to  you  later  in  the 
evening,  and  who  is  upon  the  program,  desires  at  this  time  to  offer  a 
resolution.  I  therefore  introduce  to  you  for  that  purpose — Gen.  Wade 
Hampton." 

Upon  rising,  Gen.  Hampton  was  greeted  with  applause  and  cheers. 


COL.  HENRY  L.  TURNER 

OAKWOODS  CEMETERY,  MAY  30,  1895 


May  29  -  31,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Henry  Lathrop  Turner  was  born  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,  August  26,  1845;  graduated  at  Oberlin  College. 

First  lieutenant  One   Hundred   and  Fifteenth  regiment,  Ohio  volunteer  infantry;  first  lieutenant  and  adjutant  Fifth  regiment, 

United  States  colored  troops. 

Moved  to  Chicago  after  the  war  and  engaged  in  journalistic,  real  estate  and  banking  pursuits. 
An  enthusiastic  national  guardsman,  has  been  and  is  an  untiring  worker  for  the  I.  N.  G. 

Major  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  April,  1887;  lieutenant-colonel,  April,  1889;  colonel,  November  18,  1893 — 
Colonel  Turner  displayed  military  ability  and  obtained  great  credit  for  the  manner  in  which  he  protected  Pullman  against  the 

strikers  in  1894  and  otherwise  assisted  in  quelling  the  riots;  he  is  respected  and  loved  by  his  command;  is  popular  with 

all  who  know  him  and  is  a  ready  speaker  and  fluent  writer. 


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GEN.    WADE    HAMPTON, 

Of  South  Carolina. 

Gen.  Hampton:  "Mr.  Chairman  and  my  Fellow  Citizens — I  have 
a  right  to  call  you  my  fellow  citizens  now.  I  have  been  honored  with 
the  request  to  offer  a  resolution  that  I  am  sure  will  meet  a  response  in 
the  hearts,  not  only  of  every  citizen  of  Chicago  and  this  grand  state, 
but  every  citizen  of  the  United  States."  (Reads): 

Resolved,  That  this  assembly  of  Union  and  Confederate  officers  and  citizens  of 
Chicago  hereby  "express  their  profound  sorrow  at  the  death  of  the  late  Secretary  of 
State,  Walter  Cj.  Gresham.  His  distinguished  service  on  the  battlefield,  upon  the  bench 
and  in  the  President's  cabinet,  are  recognized  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the 
country.  The  Nation  has  lost  one  of  its  greatest  heroes  and  statesmen,  whose 
distinguished-  service  for  his  country  should  never  be  forgotten  in  the  future  history  of 
our  common  land. 

The  resolution  was  adopted  unanimously  by  a  rising  vote. 

President  Peck:  "My  next  pleasure,  gentlemen,  is  to  name  your 
toastmaster.  He  needs  no  introduction  to  a  Chicago  assembly,  and  he 
has  already  become  acquainted  with  the  distinguished  guests  from 
elsewhere.  I  therefore  present  to  you  Col.  Henry  L.  Turner." 


COL.    HENRY    L.    TURNER, 

First  Regiment  Infantry,  I.  N.  G. 

Col.  Turner:  "Mr.  President,  Gentlemen  and  Guests — Our  chairman, 
representing  the  business  men  and  the  people  of  Chicago,  has  most 
eloquently  bidden  our  guests  welcome.  Our  honored  mayor  has  officially 
welcomed  you  and  given  you  the  freedom  of  our  city.  It  is  fitting, 
however,  inasmuch  as  our  guests  are  soldiers,  that  a  word  of  welcome 
from  another  source  be  added.  To-morrow  I  shall  wear  the  insignia  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  the  military  order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion.  As  an  old  soldier,  then,  I  cordially,  heartily  welcome  my  old 
comrades  of  the  Union  army,  and  I  thank  the  Lord  my  heart  is  big 
enough  to  send  my  voice  ringing  across  the  estrangement  of  thirty 
years  and  say,  welcome  and  God  bless  you,  my  southern  friends. 
(Great  applause.) 

"There  is  one  other  representation  for  which  I  wish  to  speak. 
To-morrow  I  shall  march  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  really  great  National 
Guard  regiments,  and  one  of  the  Nation's  new  soldiery,  which  loves  and 


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honors  valor  wherever  found.  I  bid  you  welcome.  My  sentiment  is, 
'Taps  to  the  old  days,  reveille  to  the  new.'  I  have  dedicated  this  to  the 
ex-officers  and  soldiers  of  the  Confederate  army  who  visit  us: 

'Twas  many  years  ago,  boys, 

When  first  we  marched  away, 
We  wore  the  blue,  you  know,  boys, 

Whilst  you'uns  wore  the  gray. 

Then  life  was  fresh  and  new,  boys, 

And  so  it  is  to-day, 
Only  in  courtesy  to  you,  boys, 

We  wear  our  beards  in  gray. 

(Laughter.) 
'Twas  stars  and  bivouac  all  night,  boys, 

'Twas  tramp,  tramp,  tramp  all  day, 
'Twas  thundering,  crashing  fight,  boys, 

Between  the  blue  and  gray. 

Lord,  how  your  bullets  flew,  boys, 

And  yet  I'm  free  to  say, 
We  sent  as  good  to  you,  boys — 

Blue  paid  its  debts  to  gray. 

Oh,  radiant  days  of  strife,  boys, 

When  every  hour  and  day 
Some  hero  gave  his  life,  boys, 

For  either  blue  or  gray. 

War's  epic  grandly  rolled,  boys, 

Life  soared  to  heights  away, 
And  glory's  requiem  tolled,  boys, 

For  both  the  blue  and  gray. 

But  battle  flags  are  furled,  boys 

All  anger's  worn  away; 
We'll  face  a  hostile  world,  boys, 

Blue  side  by  side  with  gray. 

(Cheers.) 
Sound  taps  for  those  old  days    boys, 

And  strew  the  flowers  of  May 
As  God's  own  sunshine  plays,  boys, 

O'er  both  the  blue  and  gray. 

And  for  the  days  to  come,  boys, 

A  ringing  reveille, 
We'll  make  the  Nation  hum,  boys, 

We'll  bring  the  jubilee. 

(Applause.) 

"Now,  major,  sound  the  taps  and  the  reveille.      (Music.) 


"To  you,  speakers,  and  to  you,  guests,  I  wish  to  say  that  this  is  a 
military  occasion,  and  military  rules  will  be  enforced  rigidly.  So  many 
have  to  be  heard  from,  that  each  speaker  will  be  held  down  to  five 
minutes.  This  is  under  the  instructions  of  the  committee,  which  I  will 
carry  out  literally. 

"These  old  generals  who  are  present  here,  well  know  how  difficult  it 
is  to  make  a  combined  movement  and  to  have  every  part  fit  into  the 
predestined  whole.  We  had  hoped  to  have  with  us  to-night  some 
speakers  who  are  absent.  The  lieutenant-general  of  ths  army  was  to  be 
with  us,  and  he  has  sent  warm  letters  in  appreciation  of  the  movement, 
but  he  is  detained  away  by  the  death  of  the  secretary  of  state." 


This  .extract  is  from  a  letter  written  to  Gen.  J.  C.  Underwood  by 
LIEUT.-GEN.   JOHN  M.   SCHOFIELD, 

Commanding  United  States  Army. 

Patriotic  people  of  all  nations  delight  to  honor  the  memories  of  brave  men  who 
have  fought  and  died  for  a  cause  which  they  believed  to  be  just.  When  the  passion  of 
war  has  subsided  all  just  and  generous  men  cease  to  discuss  abstract  questions  of  right 
or  wrong  in  respect  to  a  contest  which  has  been  ended,  and  delight  to  share  the  spirit 
which  actuates  the  true  soldier  at  all  times  and  which  causes  him  to  honor  even  his 
brave  enemy  who  has  fallen  in  battle. 

In  this  spirit  patriotic  and  generous  people  of  the  great  City  of  Chicago,  Union  vet- 
erans of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  young  soldiers  of  the  National  Guard  of 
Illinois  have  spontaneously  given  .their  assistance,  support  and  sympathy  to  the  sur- 
vivors of  the  late  Confederate  army  in  the  honor  which  they  are  pnying  to  the  memory 
of  their  dead  comrades. 

But  this  great  event  has  also  a  far  higher  signification.  It  is  a  token  of  the  rejoicing 
which  fills  the  hearts  of  all  good  ciiizens  of  this  great  republic,  north,  south,  east  and 
west,  that  the  wounds  of  war  and  strife  have  been  healed;  that  the  causes  of  bitter  dis- 
sension have  been  forever  removed;  that  allegiance  to  the  Stars  and  Stripes  has  become 
the  one  only  standard  of  patriotism  in  the  political  faith,  as  we  also  trust  and  believe  in 
the  hearts  of  all  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  this  great  land;  and  that  we 
may  now  rest  assured  that  our  posterity  will  be  a  united  people  in  this,  our  beloved 
country  for  all  time  to  come. 

The  difference  which  divided  the  country  in  1861  was  of  that  character  which  can  be 
decided  only  by  appeal  to  the  god  of  battles.  The  decision  was  rendered  at  Appomattox, 
and  no  one  has  been  so  hardy  as  to  question  the  finality  of  that  decision.  The  Confed- 
erate soldiers  then  and  thereafter  pledged  their  honor  to  accept  in  good  faith  the  honor- 
able and  liberal  terms  offered  them  by  the  great  Union  commander,  to  return  to  their 
allegiance  and  become  loyal  and  faithful  citizens  of  the  United  States.  The  Union  com- 
mander and  his  comrades  did  not  for  a  moment  doubt  the  honor  of  their  brave  antago- 
nists. But  millions  of  loyal  people  in  the  country  trembled  with  apprehension,  lest  that 


BIOGRAPHIC: 


May-June,  1895. 


John  McAllister  Schofield  was  born  in  Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y.,  September  29,  1831.     Graduated  at  United  States  Military 

Academy,  in  1853. 
Brevet   second   lieutenant,   July  i,  1853:  second  lieutenant,  First  artillery,  1853-55;   first   lieutenant,  August  31,  1855;   captain, 

May  14,  1861;  assistant  professor  of  philosophy,  United  States  Military  Academy,  1855-60. 
Major  First  Missouri  volunteers,  April  26,  1861.    Brig.-gen.  U.  S.  Vols.  November  21,  1861.     Maj.-Gen.  U.  S.  Vols.,  November  29, 

1862.     With  Gen.  Sherman  until  after  battle  of  Atlanta;  afterward  with  Gen.  Thomas,  and  fought  the  battle   of  Franklin, 

Tenn.,  and  for  his  services  in  that  battle  he  was  commissioned  brigadier-general,  U.  S.  A.,  with  a  brevet  of  major-general. 
Was  sent  to  Europe  on  a  special  mission  for  state  department,  1865-66. 
Secretary  of  war,  June,  1868,  March,  1869.     Major-general  U.  S.  army,  March  12,  1869. 
Superintendent  United  States  Military  Academy,  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  1876-81. 

Major-general  commanding  U.  S.  army,  1888;  lieutenant-general  commanding  U.  S.  army,  1895;  retired  September  29,  1895. 
He  was  assigned  to  and  has  filled  many  other  honorable  positions. 


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pledge  of  good  faith  might  not  be  kept.  The  doubts  and  anxieties  of  that  day  .have 
gradually  and  slowly  been  dispelled,  until  now,  by  almost  universal  accord  throughout 
the  land,  the  brave  men  of  the  south  are  regarded  as  among  the  most  reliable  defenders 
of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  national  honor  and  interests  in  any 
contest  which  may  hereafter  arise.  Sectional  political  divisions  are  passing  away,  The 
people  of  the  south,  no  less  than  those  of  the  north,  are  dividing  according  to  their  hon- 
est opinions  and  practical  interests  upon  the  important  questions  of  public  policy.  The 
decision  rendered  at  Appomattox  has  borne  its  fruit.  The  sublime  aspirations  of 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  Ulysses  S.  Grant  have  been  realized  by  their  countrymen  through- 
out the  land. 

The  battle  flag  of  the  Confederate  army  now  lies  upon  the  graves  of  the  brave 
soldiers  who  defended  it,  while  the  glorious  old  flag  of  the  Union  floats  on  high,  unchal- 
lenged by  any  at  home  or  abroad,  throwing  its  protecting  folds  around  all  who  now 
acknowledge  true  allegiance  to  the  sovereignty  it  represents. 

The  time  has  fully  come  when  the  veteran  soldiers  and  the  people  of  the  country, 
north  and  south,  may  rejoice  together,  "with  malice  toward  none,  with  charity  for  all," 
and  with  "peace  in  every  heart,"  unite  in  honoring  the  memory  of  the  brave  men  whose 
blood  was  shed  in  the  great  contest  to  fully  establish  the  "more  perfect  Union"  designed 
by  those  who  framed  the  constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  to  make  this  Union 
perpetual.  *  *  *  * 

As  a  private  citizen,  and  as  a  veteran  soldier  of  the  Union,  I  give  you  my  cordial  and 
hearty  sympathy  in  the  tribute  of  respect  you  are  paying  to  the  memory  of  your  brave 
comrades. 

Please  give  my  cordial  and  respectful  greeting  to  all  the  old  soldiers,  Union  and 
Confederate,  who  may  meet  for  this  purpose  in  Chicago. 

Letters  were  also  received  from  Maj.-Gen.  Daniel  E.  Sickles,  of 
New  York;  Brig. -Gen.  D.  W.  Flager,  chief  of  ordnance  U.  S.  A.; 
Lieut. -Gen.  A.  P.  Stewart,  of  Tennessee;  Maj.-Gen.  E.  C.  Walthall,  of 
Mississippi;  Brig. -Gen.  Frank  C.  Armstrong,  of  Washington;  Brig.- 
Gen.  W.  L.  Cabell  (Lieut. -Gen.  U.  C.  V.),  of  Texas;  Brig. -Gen. 
Wm.  H.  Payne,  of  Virginia;  Col.  John  B.  Castleman,  of  Kentucky, 
and  many  others,  fully  endorsing  the  memorial  movement  and  regret- 
ing  their  inability  to  attend. 

Col.  Turner:  "The  first  toast  upon  our  program  is  the  'Army  of 
Northern  Virginia,'  to  be  responded  to  by  one  of  the  makers  of  history. 
In  old  days  he  used  to  introduce  himself  to  us  in  a  most  startling  and 
unexpected  manner.  I  take  pleasure  in  introducing  to  you  the  right  arm 
of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  a  man  who  served  from  Bull  Run  to 
Appomattox — Gen.  Longstreet." 


LIEUT.- GEN.  JAMES  LONGSTREKT, 

DURING  THE  SIXTIES. 


May  29 -June  2,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC:— 

James    Longstreet  was  born  in    South   Carolina,  January   8,  1821,  graduated  at  United  States  Military   Academy,   July,  1842. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army: — 

Brevet  second  lieutenant.  Fourth  infantry,  July  i,  1842;  second  lieutenant,  Eighth  infantry,  March  4,  1845;  first  lieutenant 
February  23,  1847;  regimental  adjutant,  June  8,  1847  to  July  i,  1849;  captain,  December  7,  1852;  major-paymaster, 
July  19,  1858;  brevetted  captain,  August  20,  1847,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  at  Contreras  and  Churubusco, 
Mexico;  brevetted  major,  September,  1847,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  at  Molino  del  Rey,  Mexico;  resigned 
commission  in  the  United  States  army,  June  i,  1861. 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

Lieutentant-colonel,  corps  of  infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  lo  rank  from  March  16,  1861;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  June  17,  1861; 
major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  October  7.  1861;  lieutenant-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  October  9,  1862,  and  continued  in  com- 
mand of  his  corps,  the  right  wing  of  Lee's  army,  until  surrender  at  Appomattox.  Resides  at  Gainesville,  Ga. 


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LIEUT.-GEN.   JAMES  LONGSTREET, 
Of  Georgia. 

Gen.  Longstreet:  "J/r.  Chairman  and  Fellow  Citizens — I  heard  a 
good  story  once,  and  it  is  so  old  that  it  will  be  new  to  you  here,  as  it 
happened  in  1848,  just  after  the  Mexican  war.  There  is  not  much 
rhetoric  in  it,  but  a  good  deal  of  soldier.  It  was  at  a  banquet.  All  of  the 
armies  of  the.  Mexican  war  were  represented,  and  among  the  rest  was 
the  army  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Sacramento.  The  only  officer  present 
from  that  army  was  Lieut.  Wooster  of  the  regular  army,  who  com- 
manded the  artillery.  When  Sacramento  was  toasted,  the  lieutenant 
said: 

"You  all  seem  to  know  that  I  was  at  the  battle  of  Sacramento.  I  commanded  the 
battery  there,  and  when  the  lines  were  spread  and  our  ammunition  about  exhausted, 
Col.  Donovan,  who  commanded,  came  and  asked,  '  Lieutenant,  what  shall  we  do 
next?'  'Well,'  said  the  lieutenant,  'I  think,  colonel,  we  had  better  take  a  drink 
and  charge  them.'  We  took  the  drink,  we  did  charge,  the  Mexicans  ran  and  we  ran 
after  them.  That  is  all  that  I  know  about  the  battle  of  Sacramento." 

"  Well,  I  will  say  for  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  you  all  seem  to 
know  I  was  there.  I  had  that  honor.  I  had  the  honor  to  be  with  the 
Army  of  Northern  Virginia  from  the  first  battle  at  Bull  Run,  on  the  i8th 
of  July,  1861,  until  the  close  of  its  brilliant  career.  I  was  in  the  most 
of  its  general  battles.  But  it  will  be  mockery  in  me  to  attempt  to 
describe  the  valor,  endurance  and  splendid  career  of  that  army. 
Through  that  army  I  had  the  honor  of  an  introduction  to  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  on  the  i8th  of  July,  1861,  and  that  led  to  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  another  army,  as  gallant  and  brave  and  true  as  any  army  that 
was  ever  mustered.  So  we  served  together.  (Laughter.)  Until  finally, 
after  four  years  of  severe  and  difficult  struggle  and  valor,  we  found,  on 
the  gth  of  April,  1865,  that  a  little  man  from  the  north,  from  this  state, 
had  spread  his  lines  before  us  and  spread  his  lines  behind  us,  and  was  so 
strong  that  we  could  not  get  through,  so  Gen.  Lee  concluded  that  it  was 
as  little  as  we  could  do,  and  it  was  the  best  that  we  could  do,  to  say,  it 
is  enough."  (Applause.) 


MAJ.-GEN.  M.  C.  BUTLER, 

DURING  THE  SIXTIES. 


May  29 -June  i,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Matthew  Calbraithe  Butler  was  born  near  Greenville,  S.  C  ,  March  8,  1836;  educated  at  Edgefield  Academy  and  Columbia  Col- 
lege, South  Carolina. 

Began  the  practice  of  law  in  December,    1857;  elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1860. 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

Captain,  Hampton's  South   Carolina  Legion,  June  12,  1861;  major,  July  21,  1861;  colonel  Second  South  Carolina  cavalry, 

August  22,  1862;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  September  i,  1863;  major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  September  19,  1864. 
Lost  his  right  leg  in  the  battle  of  Brandy  Station,  June  9,  1863;  returned  to  duty  November,  1863:  surrendered  with  Gen 

Joe  Johnston  at  Greensboro,  N.  C.,  in  April,  1865. 

After  the  war,  resumed  practice  of  law,  and  was  elected  member  of  the  South  Carolina  legislature  in  1866;  elected  United 
States  senator  and  admitted  to  his  seat  December  2,  1877;  re-elected  in  1882  and  again  in  1889,  his  term  expiring 
March  3,  1895.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  ridding  his  state  of  "carpet  bag  rule"  and  was  a  delegate  to  a  number 
of  state  conventions,  and  resides  in  Edgefield,  S.  C. 


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Col.  Turner:  "Our  next  speaker  will  speak  to  the  toast,  'The 
American  Soldier  in  History.'  In  these  days  of  peace,  when  they  are 
trying  to  read  the  soldier  out  of  the  party,  I  hope  this  gentleman  will 
give  us  a  good  setting  forth.  He  was  a  splendid  cavalry  general,  one 
of  the  best  in  the  service,  and  he  has  the  honor  to  be  born  in  South 
Carolina,  and  to  have  represented  that  state  in  Congress.  I  take 
pleasure  in  introducing  Maj.-Gen.  M.  C.  Butler."  (Prolonged  applause.) 


MAJ.-GEN.   MATTHEW  C.   BUTLER, 

Of  South  Carolina. 

Gen.  Butler:  "Mr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen — I  have  been  assigned 
a  subject  to-night,  in  the  discussion  of  which  I  might  occupy 
two  or  three  hours,  but  fortunately  the  chairman  has  announced  we 
shall  be  restricted  to  five  minutes,  and  I  beg  to  express  to  him  my  pro- 
found thanks  for  that  restriction  (laughter);  not  only  on  my  own 
account,  because  sometimes  I  like  to  extend  my  remarks,  but  there  is  an 
immense  amount  of  oratory  and  eloquence  here  to-night,  and  if  it  were 
given  free  rein  the  sun  might  rise  upon  this  assembly. 

"I  need  not,  Mr.  Chairman,  go  outside  of  this  room  to  illustrate  the 
soldier  of  American  history.  On  my  right  and  on  my  left  and  in  front 
of  me  I  see  them,  and  I  think  it  is  no  exaggeration,  it  is  no  extreme 
expression  of  national  vanity  to  say  that  in  our  generation  as  great  and 
distinguished  soldiers  have  been  produced  as  have  ever  been  found  in 
the  world's  history.  (Applause.)  I  will  not  attempt — of  course  not — to 
enumerate  them.  But  there  are  many  of  the  soldiers  of  this  late  family 
trouble  of  ours  who  might  easily  have  been  ranked  with  the  most 
brilliant  field  marshals  of  the  French  Empire,  of  the  First  Consul; 
many  of  them  who  might  have  taken  rank  with  the  greatest  soldiers  of 
any  war. 

"And  now,  my  friends,  because,  as  my  distinguished  friend  said,  I 
feel  that  I  have  the  right  to  address  you  as  friends — I  want  to  pause 
one  moment  to  pay  a  tribute,  a  sincere,  honest,  candid  tribute,  to  one  of 
the  most  distinguished — I  say,  one  of  the  most  distinguished — soldiers 
on  the  other  side  m  our  troubles,  the  late  Walter  Q.  Gresham. 
(Applause.)  You  are  to  bury  him  here  to-morrow.  The  whole  country  will 
do  honor  to  his  character  and  to  his  memory,  and  there  is  no  American 
citizen  who  has  ever  died,  who  deserves  that  honor  more  than  Gresham. 
(Applause.)  It  was  my  good  fortune  and  privilege  to  have  known  him 


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when  he  was  postmaster-general  during  Mr.  Arthur's  administration,  and 
I  there  learned,  not  only  to  respect  him,  but  to  entertain  for  him  the  very 
highest  esteem.  He  came  into  Mr.  Cleveland's  administration  as  secre- 
tary of  state,  and  as  a  member  of  the  committee  on  foreign  relations  of 
the  Senate,  it  was  not  only  my  privilege  to  confer  with  him  frequently 
but  candidly  and  frankly.  I  say  to  you,  gentlemen,  from  all  sections  of 
this  country,  the  north,  south,  east  and  west,  that  since  the  days  of  Hamil- 
ton Fish,  no  secretary  of  state  has  had  more  delicate  and  difficult 
questions  to  deal  with  than  Judge  Gresham.  And  I  want  to  say  another 
thing,  that  there  has  been  no  secretary  of  state  in  this  country  who  has 
dealt  with  them  with  more  ability  and  candor  and  directness  than  he. 
(Applause.)  Many  of  his  acts  have  been  misunderstood,  because  in  the 
very  nature  of  his  negotiations  they  were  secret.  The  time  will  come, 
my  friends,  when  this  country,  without  regard  to  party,  will  sustain  and 
vindicate  the  acts  of  Secretary  Gresham. 

"And  I  want  to  add  this  tribute  to  what  has  been  said  so  eloquently 
and  feelingly  by  my  friend,  Gen.  Hampton,  in  pursuance  of  the  resolu- 
tion which  he  offered.  When  our  distinguished  friend,  Gen.  Gordon, 
delivered  his  first  lecture  in  Washington,  where  there  were  9,000  people 
to  listen  to  him  in  the  Convention  hall,  a  Confederate  major,  who  is 
present  to-night,  introduced  the  chairman  for  the  occasion.  That  con- 
vention was  presided  over  by  the  now  Lieut. -Gen.  Schofield,  commanding 
general  of  the  army.  Gen.  Gordon  delivered  that  marvelous  address  of 
his,  and  after  he  got  through  I  turned  to  Admiral  Jewett,  who  was  in  the 
Federal  navy,  and  I  said:  'Jewett,  if  a  stranger  were  to  come  into  this 
audience,  do  you  think  he  would  be  able  to  discriminate  between  the 
man  who  was  a  rebel,  and  the  man  who  was  faithful  to  the  Union?'  He 
says:  'No,  I  think  not.'  He  said:  'This  meeting  could  not  occur  in  any 
other  country  on  earth,'  and  the  same  thing  is  true  to-night.  I  do  not 
believe  there  is  another  city  on  the  face  of  the  earth  that  would  have  had 
the  audacity  to  have  done  what  Chicago  has  done  in  inviting  us  rebels 
here  to-night.  (Great  applause.)  And  I  do  not  know  of  any  city  that 
could  better  afford  to  do  it  than  Chicago. 

"And  I  want  to  say  to  you,  my  friends,  that  I  respond  to  the  cordial 
welcome,  as  far  as  I  am  concerned,  and  all  those  whom  I  have  a  right  to 
speak  for,  in  the  most  candid  manner,  and  taking  a  material  view  of  it — 
a  practical  view,  outside  of  the  sentiment  which  you  have  been  indulging 
in  to-night,  I  doubt  very  much  if  there  is  an  old  rebel  anywhere  in  the 
south,  who  wants  to  buy  anything,  who  will  not  say:  'Well,  I  believe  I 
will  go  to  Chicago.  (Laughter.)  They  treated  our  old  chieftains, 
Hampton  and  Longstreet  and  Fitzhugh  Lee  and  Stephen  D.  Lee  and  all 


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of  those  old  rebels  kind  of  honestly  when  they  got  up  there,  and  I  think 
we  will  send  up  there  when  we  have  got  to  buy.'  That  is  the  practical 
side  of  it.  (Laughter.) 

"But  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  I  am  about  to  exceed  my  limit  (cries 
of  no!  no!  go  on!)  That  reminds  me  of  Jerry  Phillips.  Jerry  Phillips 
was  lieutenant  in  my  old  regiment;  Gen.  Hampton  knows  him  very  well, 
and  Jerry  could  never  learn  the  tactics.  I  had  a  school,  I  remember, 
when  I  was  colonel  of  the  regiment,  and  all  the  subordinate  officers 
attended  the  school  of  tactics;  he  would  insist  on  calling  saber,  sabrees; 
and  one  day,  down  at  Hampton's  Crossing,  Kilpatrick  ran  in  on  him;  he 
was  out  on  picket  and  had  about  thirty  men,  the  reserve,  and,  rather 
unceremoniously,  Kilpatrick  called  on  him,  and  Jerry  wanted  to  get 
away,  very  naturally.  (Laughter.)  So  he  got  his  reserves  in  line, 
but  didn't  know  exactly  how  to  get  into  column.  He  rode  out  in  front  of 
his  command,  and  drew  his  sword  and  gave  this  command:  'Attention!' 
and  this  was  his  order  to  get  into  column:  'Leak  out  by  twos  if  you 
can't  form  fours;  draw  sabrees  and  charge  without  discretion;  follow  me, 
by  God.'  And  away  they  went.  Gentlemen,  I  retire."  (Laughter  and 
applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "Gentlemen,  this  is  not  a  national  beauty  show,  but  I 
am  very  glad  to  say  that  after  the  very  fine  specimen  of  southern  chivalry, 
the  next  speaker  will  be  Gen.  John  C.  Black.  I  want  to  say  to  our 
friends  from  the  south  that  he  is  just  as  good  and  brave  as  he  is  pretty." 


GEN.  JOHN  C.  BLACK, 

Of  Illinois. 

Gen.  Black:  "I  never  saw  a  bald-headed  toastmaster  that  did  not 
make  fun  of  a  man  with  a  full  head  of  hair."  (Laughter.) 

Col.  Turner:  "I  knew  he  wouldn't  stick  to  his  toast,  so  I  thought  I 
would  let  him  have  his  own  way." 

Gen.  Black:  "The  limit  of  time,  gentlemen,  in  this  case  is  the 
comfort  of  some  of  us,  and  the  protection  of  all.  I  am  to  speak  to  a 
sentiment  which  the  toastmaster  has  neglected,  in  his  desire  to  jibe  at 
his  victim,  to  announce  to  you.  It  is  found  on  your  bill  of  fare,  how- 
ever, and  I  have  no  doubt  is  thoroughly  appreciated  by  you  all.  'Here's 
the  Hand  of  Fellowship.'  Now  I  would  like  to  know  who  is  going  to 
forbid  the  extension  of  the  hand  of  fellowship?  Who  is  there  in  all 
this  land,  drunk  or  sober,  that  would  deliberately  rise  up  and  say,  '  Do 


BRIG. -GEN.  JOHN  C.  BLACK. 

DURING  THE  SIXTIES. 


May  29-31,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

John  Charles    Black  was  born  in   Mississippi  in   1839;     resident  of  Illinois   since   1847;    received  a  classical   education  and 

studied  law. 
Enlisted  in  Eleventh  regiment  infantry.  Indiana  volunteers,  U.  S.  A.,  April  15,  1861,  and  served  until  July  25;  re-enlisted  from 

Illinois  July  28,  1861. 
Major,  Thirty-seventh  regiment  infantry,    Illinois  volunteers,   September  5,   1861;    lieutenant-colonel,  July  12, -1862;    colonel. 

December  31,  1862;    brevetted   brigadier-general  of   volunteers,  April   8,  1865,  for  gallant  services;    served  in  the   field 

throughout  the  war  and  was  badly  wounded. 
Appointed  United  States  commissioner  of  pensions  March  5,  1885,  resigned  March  4,  1889,  but  served  until  his  successor  was 

appointed. 

Elected  congressman  at-large  for  State  of  Illinois,  November,  1893. 
Appointed  United  States  district  attorney  for  Northern  district  of  Illinois,  January,  1895 


not  extend  the  hand  of  fellowship  to  any  American?'    I  guess  that  covers 

the  whole  thing,  the  whole  substance  of  all  that  I  might  say  to  you  if  I 

had  the  night  before  me.      There  is  no  sane   man  under  the   American 

flag  to-day  who  does  not  say  the  hand  of  fellowship  ought  to  be  and  is  H^ 

extended. 

"This  morning  I  addressed  an  assemblage  of  school  children,  a  rep- 
resentative assemblage  a  thousand  strong,  from  amidst  14,000,000  of 
school  children  who  occupy  the  public  schools  in  America.  Not  one  of 
them  ever  heard  a  hostile  gun.  To  each  and  every  one  of  the  14,000,000 
who  are  to-day  attending  the  public  schools  in  the  forty-four  states  and 
the  territories,  the  war  that  we,  some  of  us,  remember  is  simply  and 
purely  history.  There  is  left  to  them  of  that  history  very  little  besides 
its  beauty  and  that  glamour  which  always  hangs  about  the  achievements 
of  stricken  fields. 

"  To-morrow  it  will  be  mine  to  stand  by  the  side  of  the  graves  of 
comrades.  We  that  are  here  occupy  a  middle  place  between  the  gener- 
ation that  comes  on  resistlessly  and  that  which  passes  to  its  rest.  To  us, 
the  survivors  of  the  two  armies,  is  left  the  rarest  privilege,  and  that  is, 
that  we  shall,  in  the  same  generation  that  carried  on  war,  bind  up  all 
the  wounds  of  war  (applause)  and  leave  to  those  that  are  to  come  after 
us  only  the  heritage  of  affectionate  remembrance  of  deeds  of  American 
valor,  American  heroism  and  American  honor.  And  standing  on  this 
high  plane,  we,  the  few  survivors  of  battles  and  of  war,  can  look  back- 
ward through  a  vista  now  thirty-five  years  long,  and  through  that  vista 
we  see  what,  thank  God,  has  become  history.  As  I  look  there,  Mr. 
Chairman,  I  can  see  emerging  from  a  peaceful  people  the  ranks  of  the 
blue  and  the  gray  approaching  each  other  in  the  final  arbitrament  of  war. 
I  can  see,  dancing  above,  the  flags  which  now,  so  great  is  the  distance, 
need  the  field-glass  of  history  to  determine  the  stars  that  shone  in  the 
blue.  I  can  hear  the  thunder  of  the  cannons,  and  the  shouting;  I  can 
see  all  that  was  grand  and  terrible  of  war.  That  was  a  generation  ago, 
and  the  years  are  dropping  their  veil,  thickening  ever,  between  us  and 
the  sorrows  of  that  time.  We  are  upon  the  mountain  top  of  a  great 
opportunity,  we  who  survive,  and  as  we  turn  our  backs  toward  that  past 
and  look  toward  the  future,  we  see  about  us  the  thronging  millions  that 
yet  shall  be  and  that  now  are,  the  descendants  of  the  republic,  all  of 
them  true  to  the  mighty  cause  of  a  great  Nation.  Our  feet  are  upon  the 
very  edge  of  the  gentle  descent  that  leads  from  the  front  of  active  life 
toward  the  retirement  that  all  men  love.  But  there  is  still  before  us  a 
vista  of  glory  and  promise  of  the  greatness  of  the  republic  yet  to  come, 
worthy  of  all  the  sacrifices  and  of  all  the  labors  of  the  past.  And, 


MAJ.-GEN.  FITZHUGH  LEF., 

DUKING   THK   SIXTIES. 


May  ag-June  i,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC. 

Fitzhugh  Lee  was  born  at  Clermount,  Fairfax  county,  Va.,  November  19,  1837;  graduated  at  United  States  Military  Academy  in 

1856. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army: — 

Brevet  second  lieutenant,  Second  cavalry,  July  T,  1856;  second   lieutenant,  January  i,  1858;  first  lieutenant,  March  31,  1861; 

resigned  commission  in   United  States  army,  May  21,  1861. 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

First  lieutenant,  corps  of  cavalry,  C.  S.  A.,  to  rank  from  March  16,  1861;  lieutenant-colonel,  First  Virginia  cavalry,  August, 

1861;  colonel,  March.  1862;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  July  24,  1862;  major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  August  3,  1863. 
Governor  of  Virginia  1886-90.     United  States  internal  revenue  collector  for  Virginia,  1895 —  with  office  at  Lynchburg. 


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standing  between  that  past  struggle  and  this  future  of  promise,  who  shall 
say  that  the  hand  of  fellowship  shall  not  be  extended?  (Applause.) 
Who  shall  say  that,  whatever  may  have  been  different  within  the  past, 
every  American  is  not  the  brother  of  every  other  American  under  the 
flag?  (Great  applause.)  And  in  this  imperial  city,  the  theater  of  great 
civic  accomplishment,  we  of  the  blue  welcome  with  extended  hands 
and  with  earnest  hearts  you  that  wore  the  gray."  (Applause.) 

Col.  Turner.  "The  next  toast  is  a  response  to  that  which  the  toast- 
master  inadvertently  omitted  to  announce,  the  two  being  a  couplet, 
'Here's  the  Hand  of  Fellowship,'  which  has  been  so  splendidly  handled 
by  our  friend,  Gen.  Black,  and  the  response,  '  Shall  not  the  South 
Grasp  It  ? '  to  be  responded  to  by  the  bearer  of  one  of  America's  historic 
names,  one  which  is  the  property  of  all  Americans — the  name  of  Lee. 
Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  the  great  cavalry  leader,  the  great  southern  horse- 
man, will  answer  Gen.  Black." 


MAJ.-GEN.   FITZHUGH  LEE, 
Of  Virginia. 

Gen.  Lee  (greeted  with  cheers):  "J/r.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen — The 
country  seems  to  be  safe  to-night.  (Laughter.)  I  find  myself  surrounded 
upon  every  side  by  th^  flag  of  the  United  States.  I  had  a  similar  experi- 
ence about  thirty  years  ago  (laughter)  at  the  little  village  of  Appomattox, 
and  I  remember  sleeping  the  night  after  I  received  my  parole  between  two 
major-generals  of  the  United  States  army.  I  never  felt  safer.  Indeed 
I  had  not  felt  so  secure  for  many  of  the  preceding  days.  Both  of  my 
flanks  were  well  protected.  (Great  laughter.)  History  in  a  measure 
repeats  itself.  To-night  the  mayor  of  what  he  terms  the  greatest  city 
in  the  world — it  is  evident  he  has  never  been  to  Richmond,  Va. ,  (laughter 
and  applause) — sits  here  quietly,  calmly  and  serenely  smoking  his  cigar 
between  two  rebellious  rebel  generals  of  cavalry,  Wade  Hampton  and 
Fitzhugh  Lee,  and  he  is  not  afraid.  (Laughter.)  . 

"I  respond  to  the  toast  with  great  pleasure,  Mr.  Chairman,  because 
I  feel  when  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  is  held  out  by  one  section  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  other  section  to  grasp  and  hold  it.  I  say,  therefore,  to 
Gen.  Black,  we  are  both  Americans,  we  are  now  citizens  of  this  great 
country  and  it  is  equally  our  respective  duty  to  promote  its  glory, 
grandeur  and  growth.  (Great  applause.)  Each  side  had  a  cause  to 
fight  for,  and  if  we  want  to  have  true  fellowship  in  this  country,  we  must 
give  the  people  at  the  north  credit  for  fighting  gallantly,  nobly  and  hero- 


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ically  in  behalf  of  their  cause,  and  they  must  give  the  south  credit  for 
defending  courageously  their  fundamental  faith.  You,  sir,  fought  to 
maintain  this  country  as  an  undivided  republic,  stretching  from  where 
the  frozen  fingers  are  laid  upon  the  icy  lakes  of  the  north,  to  where  the 
great  father  of  waters  rolls  his  tribute  to  the  gulf,  and  from  the  chasing 
waves  of  the  Atlantic  upon  the  east,  to  where  the  great  billows  of  the 
Pacific  break  into  golden  sands  upon  the  California  shore.  You  earnestly 
desired  one  great  republic.  I  fought  to  make  two  republics  grow 
where  only  one  grew  before. 

"We  were  brought  up  differently.  We  of  the  south  were  educated 
in  the  theory  that  our  states  could  blaze  their  own  paths  and  declare 
their  own  course  through  the  action  of  a  convention,  its  highest  repre- 
sentative body.  We  were  taught  that  when  this  Union  was  formed,  the 
constitution  was  silent  on  the  question  of  the  secession  of  a  state.  There- 
fore, when  the  states  of  the  south  spoke  through  their  conventions,  and 
determined  to  leave  the  Union,  their  decision  was  binding  upon  their 
citizens.  I  can  explain  in  no  other  way  that  men  were  willing  to  leave 
their  homes,  their  huts,  cottages  and  castles,  and  stand  steady  in  long 
ranks  and  let  the  men  who  wore  the  blue  shoot  shot  and  shell  at  them, 
unless  they  fought  for  the  faith  that  was  in  them. 

"Thirty  years  have  elapsed  since  the  sound — the  'dead  echo,'  as  it 
has  been  termed — of  the  last  gun  of  the  last  battle  has  been  heard.  No 
more  do  camp  fires  blaze  through  the  land.  No  more  do  we  hear  the 
strains  of  martial  music,  no  longer  do  men  face  men  in  battle.  In  the 
armies  of  the  south  we  had  soldiers  as  brave  as  the  Spartans  who  fought 
in  the  pass  of  Thermopylae.  In  the  armies  of  the  north  there  were  men 
whose  courage  was  not  surpassed  by  the  Old  Guard  of  Napoleon  when 
making  the  final  charge,  before  the  field  of  Waterloo  was  won  by 
Wellington.  Both  sides  added  their  contributions  to  American  valor. 
For  example,  I  saw  your  men  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  when  the 
lightning  was  scorching  the  ground  beneath  their  feet,  charging  in  front 
of  Marye's  hill,  and  you  saw  our  troops  leave  the  lines  of  their  comrades 
at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  and  bravely  march  to  the  fire-crowned 
heights.  Give  us  credit  upon  the  one  side  and  we  will  give  you  credit 
upon  the  other,  and  together  we  will  make  this  great  republic  what  our 
forefathers  intended  it  should  be — the  glory  of  America  and  a  blessing 
to  humanity.  (Prolonged  applause.) 

"Soldiers  upon  each  side  are  rapidly  passing  away.  The  sound  of 
'taps'  upon  the  eternal  shores  are  already  being  heard  by  some  of  them 
every  day,  and  many  suns  will  not  set  before  the  veterans  upon  either 
side  have  furled  their  battle  flags  forever.  Lincoln  is  gone.  Davis  is 


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dead.  The  swords  of  Grant  and  Lee  have  returned  to  their  scabbards; 
the  tents  of  Sherman  and  Joe  Johnston  are  pitched  upon  the  eternal 
camping  ground;  the  sabers  of  Sheridan  and  Stuart  no  longer  flash  in 
the  fore-front  of  battle,  while  many  of  the  men  who  followed  these 
leaders  are  now  'but  a  handful  of  dust  in  the  land  of  their  choice,  a 
name  in  song  and  story,  and  fame,  to  shout  with  her  trumpet  voice, 
Dead!  dead,  upon  the  field  of  glory!' 

"Englishmen,  whose  past  battles  against  each  other  are  recorded  upon 
the  pages  of  history  as  evidence  of  their  valor  and  endurance,  are  proud 
of  old  England  whose  morning  drum-beat  follows  the  sun,  and  whose 
martial  strains  are  heard  in  unbroken  music  all  over  the  world.  We,  too, 
can  be  proud  of  our  country.  We,  too,  on  either  side,  can  by  the  hand 
of  fellowship  make  it  a  great  and  forever  undivided  republic.  We  can 
not  do  it  by  abusing  each  other;  we  can  not  do  it  by  flying  in  the  faces 
of  each  other  in  time  of  peace,  and  we  can  not  do  it  by  criticising 
each  others'  actions  on  memorial  occasions.  I  know  we  are  always  glad 
to  see  your  great  demonstrations  in  remembrance  of  the  services  and 
courage  of  your  soldiers,  and  you  should  know  that  when  we  assemble 
together  for  the  purpose  of  honoring  the  valor  of  our  living,  or  paying 
respect  to  the  memory  of  our  dead,  there  is  nothing  inconsistent  in  that, 
with  the  duties  we  owe  to  a  great  and  united  country.  (Great 
applause.) 

"We  fervently  pray  with  you  that  as  the  veil  of  futurity  is  raised, 
we  will  see  an  American  Union  whose  course  is  ever  onward  and 
upward — a  republic  representing  more  power  and  commanding  more 
respect  than  ever  the  armies  of  Ca3sar  and  Augustus  won  for  the  imperial 
eagles,  and  we  will  unite  with  you  in  praying  that  state  will  not  lift 
up  its  hand  against  state,  neither  shall  they  know  war  again,  but  that  the 
reign  of  peace,  unity  and  fraternity  shall  be  as  'lasting  as  the  home  of 
the  stars,  as  eternal  as  the  foundation  of  the  everlasting  hills.' '  (Great 
applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "We  are  to  hear  of  southern  chivalry  from  1776  to  1865 
from  an  ideal  southern  soldier.  The  gentleman  who  will  speak  to  you 
first  appeared  during  the  last  thirty-five  years  at  the  head  of  a  little  com- 
pany of  500  or  600  men,  named  the  Hampton  Legion,  which  had  been 
equipped  and  brought  into  service  at  his  own  personal  expense.  I  think 
he  started  as  a  captain  or  a  major — a  colonel — but  he  retired  from  service 
with  the  highest  rank  possible,  lieutenant-general.  I  take  great  pleasure 
in  introducing  Lieut. -Gen.  Wade  Hampton  of  South  Carolina."  (Cheers 
and  applause.) 


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I.1EUT.-GEN.  WADE  HAMPTON, 

DURING    THK    SIXTIES. 


May  29-  31.  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 


Wade  Hampton,  the  grandson  of  the  revolutionary  general  by  that  name,  was  born  in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  March  28,  1818;  gradu- 
ated at  the  University  of  South  Carolina,  and  in  early  life  served  in  the  legislature  of  his  state. 

State  senator  when  South  Carolina  seceded;  resigned,  volunteered  as  a  private,  and  served  in  the  Confederate  army  during 
the  war. 

Colonel  of  the  celebrated  Hampton  Legion,  composed  of  infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery,  which  he  recruited  and  equipped 
in  1861. 

Brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  May  23,  1862;  major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  August  3,  1863;  lieutenant-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  February 
14,  1865;  and,  after  the  death  of  Gen.  J.  E.  B.  Stuart,  commanded  the  cavalry  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  under 
Gen.  R.  E.  Lee,  and  the  cavalry  of  Gen.  Jos.  E.  Johnston's  army  during  Gen.  Sherman's  march  through  the  Carolinas; 
he  was  wounded  many  times  and  was  noted  for  his  military  ability  and  gallantry. 

Governor  of  South  Carolina  twice,  having  been  elected  in  1876  and  re-elected  in  1878. 

United  States  senator  two  terms,  elected  in  December,  1878,  and  re-elected  in  1884. 

United  States  commissioner  of  railroads,  under  appointment  by  President  Cleveland,  in  1893 — 


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LIEUT.-GEN.   WADE  HAMPTON, 

Of  South  Carolina. 

Gen.  Hampton:  "Afr.  Chairman — Our  toastmaster  has  given  me  a 
theme  that,  as  my  friend  on  my  right,  my  old  colleague,  Gen.  Butler, 
says,  it  would  take  me  several  hours  to  do  justice  to — the  chivalry  of  the 
south.  I  did  not  come  here  to  speak  of  the  south.  I  came  here  with  a 
grateful  heart  to  thank  the  people  of  Chicago  for  doing  what  I  think  is 
the  most  honorable  thing  that  has  been  done  by  any  people  in  the  his- 
tory of  America.  (Applause.)  Narrow-minded  and  bigoted  men  may 
abuse  you,  and  may  abuse  us,  who  come  here  from  the  south  at 
your  invitation,  to  do  honor,  not  to  Confederate  soldiers,  not  to 
victors  in  a  great  civil  strife,  but  to  dead  Confederates,  men  who  rep- 
resented the  bravery,  the  courage,  the  devotion  to  duty,  the  very  highest 
type  of  American  manhood.  You  have  called  us  here  to  join  you  in 
doing  honor  to  these  men,  and  we  have  come  here  to  take  the  hand  of 
good  fellowship,  of  comradeship  which  you  have  offered  to  us. 

"But,  my  friends,  if  I  was  to  commence  to  talk  of  the  chivalry  of  the 
south,  what  theme  would  be  better  than  to  say,  that  you  ought  to  be 
southerners  yourselves  !  Who  gave  you  this  magnificent  territory  but 
the  Old  Dominion?  (Applause.)  Who  gave  you  Washington,  who 
gave  you  Jefferson,  and  Patrick  Henry,  and  the  thousand  civil  and  mili- 
tary men  that  made  the  history  of  America  luminous,  but  Virginia? 
Who  gave  all  this  magnificent  northwestern  territory,  and  gave  it  to 
promote  the  union  of  the  states?  You  ought  to  have  been  Virginians — 
you  are  Virginians,  in  fact !  About  what  my  friend  says  of  Rich- 
mond: I  have  been  in  Richmond  a  good  deal,  but  I  do  not  think 
Richmond  is  as  large  as  Chicago.  (Laughter.)  It  is  a  very  good  place, 
as  some  of  you  people  know,  and  it  gave  us  a  great  deal  of  trouble  in 
the  war  to  take  care  of  it.  (Laughter.) 

"Now,  my  friends,  it  was  rather  an  unfair  advantage  taken  of  me  to 
bring  me  out  here  to  make  a  speech,  which  I  will  say,  in  all  candor,  was 
the  hardest  work — I  have  not  finished  yet,  but  it  is  the  hardest  work  I 
ever  undertook  in  my  life.  I  do  not  want  my  southern  friends  to  believe 
that  I  have  gone  back  on  them,  and  yet  I  want  to  say  everything  I 
possibly  can,  for  I  feel  with  the  most  grateful  heart.  I  want  to  say 
everything  in  candor  and  sincerity  of  the  magnificent  hospitality  extended 


May  29-31,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Hiram  Washington  Thomas  was  born  in  Hampshire  county,  Va..,  April  29,  1832.  He  worked  on  a  farm  and  attended  winter 
schools  until  18  years  old;  then  for  two  years  took  a  special  course  at  Berlin  Seminary,  Pennsylvania;  studied  at  the  Iowa 
Wesleyan  University;  received  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Indiana  Asbury  University  in  1861. 

Preached  three  years  as  a  student  when  in  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania;  joined  Iowa  Conference  M.  E.  church  in  1856;  transferred 
to  Rock  River  Conference  and  stationed  at  Park  Avenue  church,  Chicago,  in  1869,  and  remained  three  years,  then 
three  years  at  the  First  church,  Chicago,  two  years  at  Aurora,  three  years  at  the  Centenary  church,  Chicago,  was  then 
tried  and  expelled  for  heresy.  During  the  pendency  of  his  trial,  which  lasted  over  a  year,  he  began  independent  minis- 
terial work,  and  preached  at  Hooley's  theater,  out  of  which  has  grown  the  People's  Church  of  Chicago,  of  which  he  is  and 
has  been  pastor  for  over  fifteen  years. 

Chaplain  First  regiment,  infantry  I.  N.  G.,  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  served  two  terms  as  grand  chaplain  of  the  Masonic 
order  of  Illinois.  Member  of  the  different  clubs  in  the  City  of  Chicago,  and,  besides  being  an  eminent  divine,  is  a  con- 
scientious gentleman  and  liberal  patriot. 


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to  us  here,  of  the  fellowship  you  have  shown,  of  the  nobility  and  the 
magnanimity  of  the  people  of  Chicago  which  they  displayed  in  putting 
up  a  monument  to  the  Confederate  dead."  (Great  applause.) 

Col.Turner:  "  'The  Christian  Side  of  the  Soldier. '  To  Chicago  people 
Dr.  Thomas  needs  no  introduction.  To  you,  friends  from  the  south,  I 
wish  to  say,  from  personal  acquaintance,  that  no  bigger  heart  ever  grew 
either  north  or  south  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line,  than  that  which  will 
speak  to  you  now." 

REV.    H.   W.   THOMAS,  D.D. 

Of  Chicago. 

Dr.  Thomas:  "Mr.  Chairman  and  Friends — It  was  not  known  to  me 
that  I  was  expected  to  say  anything  until  since  we  came  together.  And 
yet  it  would  be  a  poor,  dumb  spirit  that  would  not  feel  the  thrill  of  life 
and  be  able  to  say  something  on  such  an  occasion  as  this.  I  too,  with 
Gen.  Hampton,  am  a  Virginian.  I  too,  with  Gen.  Hampton,  and  with 
you  all,  am  an  American.  It  seems  to  me,  brothers,  that  the  time  has  come 
when  we  have  to  put  larger  meanings  into  the  old  words.  We  have  to 
put  a  larger  meaning  into  the  thought  of  a  Christian  and  of  Christianity. 
We  have  to  put  a  larger  meaning  into  the  thought  of  the  soldier,  the 
Christian  side  of  the  soldier.  We  can  no  longer  define  a  Christian  simply 
by  such  terms  as  Catholic  or  Protestant,  Methodist,  Baptist,  Presby- 
terian, orthodox  or  liberal.  The  Christian  is  the  noblest  type  of  a  man. 
(Applause.)  Jesus  the  Christ  was  not  a  weak,  supplicating  sentiment- 
ality in  the  world.  He  was  a  tremendous  personality,  and  so  great  that 
he  could  call  himself  by  no  less  term  than  the  Son  of  Man.  Larger  than 
Hebrew,  Jew,  Roman,  he  belonged  to  humanity.  Christianity  means  and 
emphasizes  selfhood,  personality.  Not  a  shrinking,  hiding,  retiring, 
getting  away,  but  the  manhood  that  stands  up  for  its  noblest  conviction, 
and  He  taught  that  He  came  not  alone  for  peace,  but  for  war;  that  the 
antagonisms  of  life  must  go  on  until  the  final  reconciliations  should  come. 
And  when  we  talk  of  the  Christian  side  of  the  soldier,  we  mean  the  human 
side,  the  largest  man-side,  the  side  that  stands  for  the  right  and  must 
stand  for  that  as  the  soldier  sees  it  at  the  time.  That  is  the  reason  we 
honor  our  noble  southern  brethren.  That  is  the  reason  they  honor  us. 
(Applause.)  Because  there  were  no  cowards  on  either  side,  and  we  met 
in  the  great  arbitrament  of  battle  to  settle  questions,  not  that  we  had 
created,  but  that  we  had  inherited.  (Applause.)  History  moves  by 
compromises,  but  compromises  at  last  could  not  settle  the  debates  and 
the  issue  had  to  come.  And  the  Christian  side  of  the  soldier  means 


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this,  as  it  meant  back  in  the  wars  between  Greek  and  Trojan,  that  over 
all  our  debates  and  differences  there  is  a  higher  power,  there  is  an 
eternal  right;  for  in  those  old  Greek  wars  everything  at  last  had  to  be 
referred  to  the  Eternal  power.  Men  might  differ,  the  lower  gods  might 
differ,  but  the  Eternal  Zeus  at  last  decided,  and  it  is  to  that  higher 
tribunal  to  which  we  appeal  all  our  great  causes.  And  I  tell  you,  friends, 
it  is  the  Christian  side  of  the  soldier,  the  believing  side,  the  faith  in  the 
eternal  right,  that  gives  the  soldier  his  courage,  and  it  is  the  Christian 
side  of  the  soldier,  and  the  soldier  side  of  the  Christian,  that  has  made 
possible  these  great  days  of  reconciliation — these  years  of  peace,  greater 
than  were  the  years  of  war.  It  is  the  Christian  side  of  the  soldier,  and 
soldier  side  of  the  Christian  that  makes  possible  the  dedication,  and 
glad  the  dedication  of  the  monument  in  which  we  all  join  in  honor  of 
men  who  died  far  away  from  home  and  friends.  (Applause.) 

"I  tell  you  more:  This  great  occasion,  this  shaking  of  hands  and 
touching  of  hearts  across  the  troubled  chasms  and  darkness  of  the 
past,  means  a  greater  and  more  beautiful  and  loving  life  in  the  future. 
East  and  west  and  north  and  south  shall  feel  the  thrill  and  the  joy  of 
brotherhood.  Yes,  and  it  is  the  Christian  side  of  the  soldier,  and  the 
soldier  side  of  the  Christian,  that  does  not  want  to  carry  the  warfares 
of  this  life  into  the  peaceful  lands  beyond  death.  For,  in  the  will  of 
the  Eternal,  we  are  moving  over  and  camping  one  by  one  on  the  fields 
of  peace,  and  it  is  the  Christianity  of  this  age,  the  love  of  God  and 
man,  that  is  saying  to  us:  'Let  us  have  some  of  that  joy  and  peace 
and  brotherhood  here  on  earth.'  (Great  applause.)  We  will  all  hail, 
brothers,  ..he  future  born  out  of  to-night  and  born  out  of  to-morrow, 
and  the  glad  and  happier  days  to  come  in  this  our  great,  and  united 
country."  (Applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "Gen.  Lee  proved  himself  so  good  a  substitute  in  his 
reponse  to  the  address  of  welcome,  that  I  think  you  will  all  join  with  me 
in  that  recent  piece  of  slang,  which  says,  'It  is  a  good  thing,  push  it 
along,'  and  be  glad  to  hear  from  him  again  on  'The  Prosperous  South 
Land."' 

LIEUT.-GEN.   STEPHEN  D.    LEE, 

Of  Mississippi. 

Gen.  Lee:  "Mr.  Toastmaster  and  Citizens  of  Chicago,  who  have  given 
us  this  imperial  welcome — Out  of  a  full  heart  I  would  speak  my  apprecia- 
tion of  the  generous  spirit  which  has  found  expression  in  these  hospi- 
talities. It  is  only  a  few  days  since  I  stood  in  a  great  gathering  of  sur- 
viving Confederate  soldiers  at  Houston,  gray-haired  veterans,  whose 
ranks  are  now  melting  away  swifter  than  in  the  valley  of  death  at  Shiloh 


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or  on  the  red  heights  of  Chickamauga.  From  these  men,  whose  years  are 
few  to  forgive  or  to  be  forgiven,  I  bring  you  to-night  a  message  of  peace 
and  reconciliation  (applause) — a  message,  that  many  years  ago  the  last 
feeling  of  unbrotherly  hatred  and  bitter  remembrance  died  in  their  hearts, 
and  that  the  love  of  our  common  country  left  no  room  for  the  prejudices 
and  the  suspicions  of  the  past.  (Applause.)  Standing  here  upon  the 
soil  that  was  once  Virginia's,  ever}'  southern  heart  glows  with  pride  that 
the  star  of  Illinois,  which  our  hands  placed  in  the  firmament  of  states, 
now  shines  with  such  surpassing  luster.  Every  southern  heart  thrills 
with  pride,  also,  that  from  Kentucky  came  the  farmer's  boy,  Abraham 
Lincoln,  whose  hands  in  the  providence  of  God,  struck  the  shackles 
from  the  republic,  when  he  struck  them  from  the  slave.  (Great  applause.) 

"But  I  have  another  message  to  bear  to  you — a  message  of  welcome 
from  our  now  prosperous  southern  land,  fully  recovered  from  the  desola- 
tion of  war,  to  come  and  share  with  us  the  blessings  of  our  fertile  soil, 
our  genial  climate,  the  riches  of  our  forests,  the  mineral  wealth  of  our 
mountains.  To  you  we  come  to  seek  our  immigrants,  to  occupy  our  sur- 
plus arable  lands.  There  are  none  so  welcome  to  us,  as  our  fellow  citi- 
zens, whose  industry  we  value  in  peace,  as  their  courage  we  honored  in 
war.  I  would  I  could  speak  into  the  ear  of  American  youth,  like  another 
Greeley,  the  words,  'Go  south,  young  men.'  We  want  you  for  our 
neighbors  and  friends.  There  remains  the  ungarnered,  the  greatest 
harvests  of  American  industry.  But,  my  friends,  under  the  five-minute 
rule,  I  must  hasten  on  and  sum  it  all  up  in  one  sentence.  Since  the 
Almighty  has  decreed  the  marriage  of  the  north  and  south  to  be  indis- 
soluble, we  of  the  south  mean  that  our  national  house  shall  be  a  home. 

"Now,  that  thirty  milestones  of  the  years  have  been  passed  since  the 
last  life  was  offered  up  for  the  love  of  our  country,  the  southern  people, 
making  no  apologies  for  the  past,  since,  as  you  generously  recognize, 
they  fought  for  the  right  as  they  saw  it,  and  'did  their  duty  as  they 
understood  it,  do  not  regret  that  the  Great  God,  who  holds  the  destiny 
of  nations,  settled  the  question  of  state  .sovereignty  and  slavery  for  our 
common  and  everlasting  good.  It  cost  the  dearest  sacrifice  of  blood 
and  treasure  that  ever  a  people  laid  upon  the  altar.  But  was  it  not 
worth  it  all  to  solve  these  awful  problems,  which  our  forefathers  could  not 
solve,  but  bequeathed  to  us?  The  clock  of  the  universe  had  struck  the 
hour  when  slavery  should  be  no  more;  when  our  Union  should  be  made 
complete;  when  the  sin  of  north  and  south  alike  should  be  redeemed  by 
the  blood  of  the  patriot.  And  now  that  prosperity  has  come  south  to 
stay,  now  that  the  battlefields  stained  with  the  blood  of  almost  a  million 
lives,  are  green  with  harvest,  and  our  sunny  land  is  fragrant  with  the 
blossoms  of  a  great  future,  we  rejoice  that  this  is  one  country  and  not 
two  (applause);  that  all  the  stars  our  fathers  placed  on  the  flag,  remain 


May  29-31,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Alfred   Orendorff    was    born   near    Lincoln,   Logan    county,    111.,   July  29,    1845;   educated   at   Wesleyan     University,    Bloom- 

ington,  and  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Law  School. 

Captain  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-third  Illinois  volunteer  infantry,  United  States  army,  during  the  civil  war. 
Member  of  general  assembly,  1873-1874,  and  has  been  chairman  of  the  Democratic  state  central  committee  for  a  term. 
Adjutant-general  of  Illinois  1893-1896. 
Prominent  Oddfellow,  having  been  grand  master  of  Illinois;  grand  representative  to  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  and  general 

commanding  the  Third  Army  corps,  Patriarch  Militant. 
Broad  and  liberal  in  his  views,  a  lawyer  by  profession  and  practice  and  a  cultivated  gentleman.     Resides  in  Springfield,  111. 


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to  gladden  the  eyes  of  their  children,  and  that  the  sons  of  men  who  stood 
shoulder  to  shoulder  at  Bunker  Hill  and  Yorktown,  shall  stand  shoulder 
to  shoulder  forever. 

"  But,  are  these  words  false  to  the  memory  of  those  who  sleep  at  Oak- 
woods  underneath  the  sod  ?  We  shall  say  that  but  for  their  death, 
slavery  and  secession  might  have  been  with  us  still;  that  through  their 
sacrifice  this  Union  ceased  to  be  a  house  of  strife  and  became  a  house 
of  peace.  And,  my  brethren  of  the  north,  shall  we  not  also  say  that 
these  men  who  died  as  free  men,  fighting  for  a  constitutional  principle, 
are  worthy  to  be  honored  of  all  men?  They  may  not  have  understood, 
perhaps,  the  niceties  of  sovereignty;  but  they  knew  how  to  die  on  this 
frozen  shore,  far  away  from  the  land  they  loved,  from  mother  and  from 
home.  They  need  only  have  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance,  or  have 
enlisted  in  the  conquering  armies  of  the  republic  to  fight  against  the 
Indians,  and  life  and  freedom  would  have  been  theirs.  But  these  simple- 
hearted,  faithful  men — privates — preferred  the  death  of  the  captive,  a 
wretched  death,  rather  than  give  up  the  principles  in  which  they  believed. 
You  may  say  that  they  were  mistaken;  that  they  were,  perhaps, 
misguided;  that  it  was  folly,  that  it  was  madness;  yet,  is  there  a  brave 
man  who  will  not  stand  with  uncovered  head  before  the  fidelity,  the 
heroism  of  these  dead?  Is  there  one  who  will  not  bow  before  their  dust? 

"To-morrow  there  will  march  out  to  Oakwoods,  the  sons  of  men  who 
lie  sleeping  there.  To-morrow  flowers,  plucked  by  loving  hands  in  the 
far-off  land  for  which  they  gave  their  lives,  will  be  laid  upon  their  ashes. 
Do  you  wonder  that  the  south  loves  these  men?  Would  you  have  it 
otherwise,  for  the  honor  of  our  race?  Would  you  have  it  otherwise,  for 
the  honor  of  our  humanity?  (Cries  of  no,  no!)  And  to-morrow,  as  we 
stand  beside  these  dead,  may  the  whole  Nation  stand  with  us,  forgetting 
the  past,  loving  all  her  children  everywhere,  and  may  that  monument 
which  is  to  be  dedicated  to  the  glory  of  the  dead  be  also  one  of  recon- 
ciliation to  the  living."  (Great  applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "Our  next  speaker,  owing  to  the  absence  of  the 
governor  of  the  state,  whom  he  represents,  will  speak  to  the  text 
'Illinois,'  in  place  of  the  toast  which  has  been  assigned  to  him." 


BRIG.:GEN.   ALFRED  ORENDORFF, 

Adjutant-General  of  Illinois. 

Gen.  Orendorff:  "Afr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen — It  would  be, 
perhaps,  in  this  truly  national  gathering,  invidious  to  speak  of  any 
state,  were  it  not  coupled  with  the  welcome  which  I  extend  to  you  in 


coming  to  our  commonwealth.  The  great  State  of  Illinois  welcomes 
you  to  its  borders  upon  this  mission  of  paying  a  debt  of  gratitude  and 
devotion  to  the  brave  dead  whose  monument  you  will  consecrate 
to-morrow.  In  speaking  of  our  state,  time  would  not  permit,  if  it  were 
desirable,  to  talk  of  its  material  resources;  neither  would  it,  perhaps,  be 
in  good  taste  to  speak  of  Illinois'  sons,  were  it  not  that  those  that  I 
shall  mention  were  typical  Americans.  Our  greatest  son,  Abraham 
Lincoln,  who  enunciated  the  sentiments  spoken  by  one  of  the  gentlemen 
who  has  addressed  you  to-night,  whose  greatest  utterance  was:  'Charity 
to  all,  with  malice  toward  none,'  and  with  the  purpose  to  bind  up  the 
Nation's  wounds,  Abraham  Lincoln  stepped  from  the  topmost  round  of 
Fame's  ladder  to  a  home  in  the  skies.  And  we  had  another  citizen 
familiar  to  many  of  the  older  gentlemen  who  adorn  this  occasion — a 
statesman — Stephen  A.  Douglas.  (Applause.)  On  his  dying  bed,  when 
he  was  asked  what  word  he  had  to  send  to  his  sons,  he  spoke  a 
benediction  which  should  rest  upon  the  youth  of  America  when  he  said: 
'Tell  them  to  obey  the  laws  and  uphold  the  constitution  of  the  United 
States. '  (Applause. ) 

"And  there  is  still  another,  whose  name  has  also  been  spoken  in  this 
presence — another  Illinoisan,  the  great,  silent  commander.  (Applause.) 
He  issued  many  orders,  he  spoke  many  words  of  wisdom,  yet  the  greatest 
sentiment  he  ever  uttered  was,  when,  after  the  internecine  strife  was 
over,  he  proclaimed  throughout  the  land  that  exalted  sentiment,  '  Let  us 
have  peace.'  (Applause.) 

"  I  am  persuaded  that  if  those  who  have  gone  beyond  take  an  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  earth,  that  those  typical  Americans  are  looking  from 
their  upper  homes  with  approval  upon  this  scene  to-night.  (Applause.) 

"The  sudden  transition  from  the  sentiment  assigned  me,  'The  New 
Soldiery,  the  National  Guard,'  is  such,  and  the  time  is  so  limited,  that  I 
have  only  to  say  that  the  true,  real  National  Guard  is  the  brave  American 
citizens  who  are  represented  here  to-night.  The  Nation  is  guarded  by 
brave  and  true  men  in  every  section  of  our  country. 

"Let  me  say  to  you,  my  friends,  that  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
gladly  welcome  this  distinguished  company  to  this  commonwealth.  We 
wish  you  to  see  Chicago,  the  imperial  city.  We  wish  you  to  see  whatever 
we  have  of  material  enterprise.  We  wish  you  to  see  whatever  may  be 
pointed  out  to  you,  but  we  have  a  more  cherished  hope  than  that,  and 
that  is,  that  when  you  return  to  the  loved  ones  at  home  you  may, 
after  you  describe  what  you  have  seen,  be  able  to  say  that  you  found  in 
the  State  of  Illinois  men  with  warm  American  hearts,  who  gave  you  an 
American  welcome."  (Applause.) 


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Col.  Turner:  "  In  the  list  of  speakers  who  are  absentees,  there  are 
four  or  five  on  the  remainder  of  the  program.  The  next  speaker 
present  will  speak  to  the  topic,  'The  Exercises  of  Official  Influence  and 
Power,'  I  now  introduce  Solicitor-General  Holmes  Conrad,  from 
Washington." 


MAJ.  HOLMES  CONRAD, 

Solicitor-General  U.  S.,  of  Washington  City. 

Maj.  Holmes  Conrad:  "Mr.  Chairman — I  announce  a  truism  in  the 
statement  that  there  is  not  one  foot  of  ground  within  the  limits  of 
this  Union  over  which  the  laws  of  this  government  are  not  supreme. 
There  is  not  one  foot  of  ground  over  which  its  gorgeous  ensign  is  not  the 
unerring  symbol  of  Federal  supremacy.  (Applause.) 

"There  is  nothing  in  the  history  of  this  government  that  justifies  any 
man  in  the  land  in  the  notion  that  anything  but  law  can  determine  and 
control  the  exercise  of  governmental  power.  There  is  no  act  of  any  man 
holding  an  office  in  this  government  that  can  be  justified  in  the  sight  of 
the  law,  except  that  action  be  in  pursuance  of  some  Federal  statute  or 
settled  rule  of  law.  It  is  but  a  truism  to  say  that  public  office  is  a  pub- 
lic trust. 

"As  well  may  we  expect  one  into  whose  hands  we  entrust  the  wealth 
of  a  national  treasury  to  exercise  his  personal  discretion  in  the  disposal 
of  the  treasure,  as  to  justify  one  into  whose  hands  has  been  confided 
official  power,  to  dispense  that  power  in  the  advancement  of  his  own 
personal  or  political  interest. 

"Both  parties — if  I  may,  in  this  hallowed  assembly,  refer  to  parties — 
and  all  parties  have  to  agree  that  it  is  the  duty  of  every  officeholder  to  exer- 
cise the  power  confided  to  him,  not  in  the  interest  of  party,  not  in  the 
interest  of  individual,  not  in  the  interest  of  section,  but  in  the  interest  of 
a  government  which  they  have  sworn  to  support.  (Applause.) 

"It  exists  in  the  platforms,  whether  in  fact  it  exists  in  the  consciences 
of  those  who  stand  upon  them,  that  civil  service  is  the  only  hope  of  the 
efficient  exercise  of  governmental  power.  Yet  we  have  seen,  and  all 
here  who  have  held  place  in  legislative,  judicial  or  executive  departments, 
will  attest  the  truth  of  the  utterance,  that  nothing  has  so  impeded,  noth- 
ing has  so  impaired  the  efficient  execution  of  official  power  as  the  dispo- 
sition on  the  part  of  the  incumbent  to  exercise  that  power  in  the  direction 
of  the  advancement  of  a  party  of  which  he  was  a  member. 


May  29 -June  2,  1805. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Holmes  Conrad  was  born  in  Winchester,  Va.,  January  31,  1840;  educated  at  the  Winchester  Academy  and  University  of 
Virginia. 

Enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  A,  First  Virginia  cavalry,  Confederate  army,  April  17,  1861,  and  was  appointed  and  remained 
first  sergeant  of  his  troop  until  January,  1862,  when  he  was  transferred  to  and  became  lieutenant  and  adjutant  of  the 
Seventeenth  battalion,  later  the  Eleventh  regiment  Virginia  cavalry. 

Captain  and  assistant  inspector-general  of  cavalry  brigade,  and  in  October,  1864,  promoted  to  major  and  assistant  inspector- 
general  and  served  under  Gen.  Rosser  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

Studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  January,  1866.     Member  of  Virginia  legislature  in  1881-2,  and  elector-at-large  in  1892. 

Assistant  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,  June,  1893.     Solicitor-General  of  the  United  States,  February,  1895— 


6; 

"But  1  have  no  interest  in  speaking  on  this  subject.  I  do  so  only  in 
submission  to  the  duty  which  the  toast  imposes  upon  me.  I  am  strain- 
ing up  hill  in  getting  away  from  the  subject  which  inspires  every  heart 
here  to-night,  and  that  is,  the  union  of  these  soldiers  here.  What  care  I 
for  the  civil  power  of  this  government  now?  What  care  I  for  the  execu- 
tion of  the  civil  law?  As  I  look  back  across  this  chasm  of  thirty  years, 
and  see  those  who  sometime  stood  in  opposing  ranks,  now  in  all  sin- 
cerity, candor  and  heartiness  clasping  hands  here  at  this  festive  board 
to-night,  I  look  forward  in  the  spirit  which  has  been  inspired  by  those 
who  preceded  me,  as  the  Pilgrim  in  the  immortal  allegory  looked  from 
the  summit  of  the  Delectable  mountains  over  into  the  land  called  Beau- 
tiful; and  I  am  filled  with  hope  that  has  been  foreign  to  my  heart  for 
thirty  years,  by  the  declarations  that  have  come  from  the  lips  of  those 
whose  sincerity  I  dare  not  doubt,  whose  candor  and  uprightness  I  will 
heartily  vouch  for. 

"Let  men  in  the  refinement  of  modern  civilization  declare  that  suc- 
cess is  the  test  of  merit.  For  me,  I  dare  to  say  for  the  Confederate  side, 
in  the  language  of  the  Roman  poet: 

'Victrix  causa  Diis  placuit 
Sed  victa  Catoni.'" 

(Calls  of  Underwood!     Underwood!     Underwood!) 
Col.  Turner:      "If  the  audience  will  wait  just  one  moment   until  the 
last  regular  toast  is  responded  to,  Gen.  Underwood,  I  have  no  doubt,  will 
be  glad  to  respond  to  the  request  to  hear  from  him. 

"The  next  regular  toast  upon  the  list  is  'The  Individualism  of  the 
American  Soldier.'  It  is  to  be  responded  to  by  one  whom  I  admire 
and  love,  one  of  my  old  friends,  who  was  personally  very  close  to  that 
great  southern  soldier,  Gen.  Jackson,  whom  he  served  as  staff  officer 
during  the  war — Maj-Gen.  Henry  Kyd  Douglas." 


MAJ-GEN.   HENRY  KYD  DOUGLAS 

Of  Maryland. 

Gen.  Douglas:  "My  New  Friends  and  Old  Enemies — (Applause.)  I 
have  lived  long  enough  to  be  here,  thank  God  !  (Applause.)  There  is  a 
special  individuality  in  the  American  soldier,  or  we  would  not  be  here 
to  night.  That  special  individuality  has  announced  itself  in  the  pro- 
ceedings of  to-day  and  for  to-morrow  in  such  a  way  as  is  not  possible  in 
any  other  country.  To-night  we  fight  the  last  fight  of  the  civil  war. 


May  29 -Tune  2,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Henry  Kyd  Douglas,  of  Hagerstown,  Md.,  was   born   in   Shepherdstown,   Va.;    educated  at    Franklin  and  Marshall  College 
Enlisted  in  the  Confederate  States  army  as  private  in   Second  regiment  infantry,  Virginia  volunteers,  1861;  promoted  lieutenant 

and  captain  Company  B,  and  served  as  assistant  inspector-general  of  the   Stonewall  Brigade;  A.  D.  C.,  A.  I.  G.,and 

A.  A.  A.  G  ,  to  Lieut. -Gen.  Thos.  J.  Jackson  in  1862.     Chief  of  staff  to  Maj.-Gen.  Edward  Johnson,  May,  1863. 
Major  and  A.  A.  G.,  June  3,  1863;  A.  A.  G.  of  Stonewall  division;  A.  A.  G.  and  chief  of  staff  to  Maj.-Gen.  John.  B.  Gordon,   and 

subsequently  to  Lieut.-Gen.  Jubal  A   Early,  May  20,  1864. 
Colonel  Thirteenth  and  Forty-ninth  Virginia  regiments  (consolidated),  and  assigned  in  1865  to  command  the  Light  Brigade,  the 

Confederate  troops  that  fired  the  last  volleys  at  Appomattox. 
Colonel  First  regiment  infantry,  state  troops,  Maryland,  in  1881. 
Judge  Fifth  judicial  circuit,  State  of  Maryland,  1891.     Adjutant-general  of  Maryland,  1893 — 


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(Applause  and  cheers.)  To-morrow  we  achieve  the  greatest  military  victory 
of  civilization.  (Cheers.)  There  is  but  one  city  in  this  country  that  is 
brave  enough  to  have  that  done,  and  that  is  the  City  of  Chicago. 
(Tremendous  cheering  and  applause.)  In  war  we  reached  no  farther 
than  Gettysburg,  in  peace  we  have  captured  the  northern  metropolis  of 
this  great  nation.  (Cheers.) 

"  I  came  to  speak  to  you  as  a  southerner,  with  no  explanations  to 
make  and  no  apologies  to  give  to  any  human  being  because  I  wore  the 
Confederate  gray  and  followed  the  southern  cross.  (Applause.)  I  come, 
knowing  that  I  can  speak  to  soldiers  who  know  that  the  greatest  military 
honor  that  they  could  ever  have  achieved  is  to  have  conquered  the  army 
that  was  commanded  by  Lee — the  soldiers  that  followed  Stonewall 
Jackson.  (Great  applause  and  cheers.) 

"Marc  Anthony  said:  'We  came  to  bury  Caesar,  not  to  praise  him.' 
You  have  buried  these  dead  for  us,  and  we  come  here  to  thank  you  and 
to  tell  you  of  the  heroism  they  exhibited  when  living.  And  we  dare  say 
it  here.  There  are,  perhaps,  those  to-night  in  this  land  who  are  narrow 
enough  to  shake  their  heads  with  disapproval  and  raise  their  voices  with 
dissent  because  of  the  proceedings  that  are  to  take  place  to-morrow. 
Perhaps  in  the  south — doubtless  in  the  south — we  have  men  who,  if  you 
came  to  perform  such  a  deed  over  your  dead,  might  speak  with  bitter- 
ness, but,  so  help  the  names  of  the  Lees  and  the  Hamptons  and  the 
Butlers,  we  would  crush  them  with  the  strong  frown  of  American  free- 
men— with  the  hand  of  the  southern  soldier.  (Cheers.) 

"There  are  those  in  some  distant  state,  probably,  whose  names  you 
and  I  have  never  heard,  who  disapprove  of  the  grand  sympathy  of  these 
people  for  our  dead.  I  remember  reading  that  he  who  burned  the 
temple  of  Diana  at  Ephesus  was  proud  of  achieving  that  unholy 
immortality,  and  these  men  who  wish  to  distinguish  themselves  by 
opposition  to  this  act  of  sympathy  are  men  who  never  distinguished 
themselves  when  the  ranks  were  rolled  in  vapor  and  the  flag  of  the 
Union  was  dragged  in  the  blood  and  the  dust  in  the  valley  of  Virginia. 
(Applause.) 

"  That  man  never  died  in  any  cause  who  should  not  have  been  buried. 
Those  people  dishonor  themselves  who  do  not  honor  those  who  lived 
among  them.  We  of  the  south  do  not  forget  our  heroes,  and  when  you 
come  among  us  to  bury  your  dead,  we  will  strip  our  rosebushes  of  their 
flowers  and  drop  one  upon  the  grave  of  the  Confederate  and  another 
upon  the  grave  of  him  who  wore  the  blue.  (Applause.) 

"I  want  to  speak  plainly  to  you,  because  I  have  a  right  to  do  it. 
During  the  war  I  served  upon  the  staff  of  five  distinguished  Confederate 


;o 

generals,  and  since  the  war  have  served  upon  the  staff  of  five  distin- 
guished Union  officers.  (Applause.)  The  only  time  that  McClellan  ever 
visited  Antietam  after  the  war  he  came  as  my  guest,  and  when  Hartranf  t, 
of  Pennsylvania,  died,  it  was  not  a  Union  soldier,  but  myself,  that  was 
asked  to  pronounce  the  eulogy  of  the  Third  Pennsylvania  division  over 
his  grave.  I  stood  at  the  open  grave  of  McClellan,  by  the  side  of 
Hancock  and  Joe  Johnston,  both  now  dead.  I  received  a  message  from 
the  dying  bed  of  Hancock.  I  have  delivered  more  addresses  before  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  of  the  north  than  any  Union  soldier  has 
ever  spoken  in  the  south,  and  therefore  I  have  a  right  to  talk  to  your 
people.  (Applause.)  I  have  served  since  the  war  with  McClellan  and 
Hancock  and  Slocum  and  Ayers  and  Hartranft,  and  twice  have  I  been 
asked  to  be  present  and  speak  at  the  memorial  services  on  the  birthday 
of  your  greatest  leader,  Gen.  Grant.  (Applause.) 

"I  remember  now,  I  must  speak  of  the  'Individualism  of  the  Sol- 
dier/ and  I  will  be  done  in  one  moment.  During  the  war  my  father's 
home  was  on  the  banks  of  the  Potomac.  The  troops  under  which  I 
served  were  on  the  Virginia  side.  I  stood  upon  the  cliffs  of  the  Potomac 
and  looked  over  the  field  to  where  my  father  walked  in  his  garden,  and 
I  dared  not  speak  to  him.  I  saw  500  Union  cavalrymen  along  the  banks, 
and  when  I  raised  my  hat  they  asked  me  to  come  and  meet  them.  I  got 
into  a  skiff  with  a  courier  and  met  them  in  the  middle  of  the  river.  They 
took  me  over  to  their  side;  I  was  not  afraid  of  them;  they  were  soldiers; 
they  were  not  politicians.  (Applause.)  Five  hundred  of  them  gathered 
around  me,  and  when  I  said  I  wished  to  see  my  mother  and  my  sister, 
as  I  stood  in  their  midst,  one  of  them  said:  'You  shall  do  it;  damn  a 
government  that  can  be  destroyed  by  a  man  seeing  his  mother.'  I  saw 
them  that  day,  and  these  brave  Union  soldiers,  when  my  mother 
approached  me,  moved  off  100  yards  and  stood  along  the  banks  while  I  was 
holding  sacred  communion  with  her.  And  then  they  put  me  in  my  skiff 
and  sent  me  back  to  Virginia,  although  they  knew  perfectly  well  who  I 
was  and  where  I  was  going.  That  was  an  act  of  the  individual  soldier 
of  America,  and  you  are  going  to  repeat  that  act  to-morrow,  when  for  the 
first  time  in  a  northern  state,  upon  Union  soil,  in  the  state  consecrated 
by  the  memory  of  Lincoln  and  of  Grant,  you  people  here  are  going  to 
unite  with  us  in  dedicating  and  consecrating  and  making  sacred  the  dust 
under  which  6,000  Confederate  soldiers  lie.  (Applause.)  That  is  the 
individuality  of  the  American  soldier,  and  nothing  higher  and  grander 
than  that  can  occur.  I  say  in  the  language  of  your  great  leader,  'Let  us 
have  peace,'  and  may  we  all  dwell  together  in  unity  until  the  time  comes 
when  you  and  I  and  all  of  us,  in  the  language  of  my  own  great  leader, 


shall    'cross   over  the  river  and  rest   under  the   shade  of    the   trees." 
(Great  applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "I  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting  to  this  audience  a 
man  who,  from  my.  own  personal  knowledge,  has  done  more  to  make  this 
occasion  possible  than  any  other  one  man — Gen.  John  C.  Underwood." 


MAJ-GEN.   JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD, 
Of  Kentucky. 

Gen.  Underwood:  "Mr.  Toastmaster  and  Fellow  Citizens — I  did  not 
intend  to  utter  a  word  to-night.  This  is  the  culmination  of  a  twenty 
years'  thought,  and  for  the  past  four  years  in  this  city  a  constant  work. 
Coming  here  in  1890  and  grasping  the  broad  thoughts  and  liberal  actions 
of  these. people  in  this  great  northwestern  city  of  our  country,  I  said 
to  myself  that  the  reason  I  had  failed  to  bring  about  a  success  in  the 
same  movement,  which  I  had  attempted  in  other  sections  of  the  United 
States,  was  because  I  had  mistaken  the  place,  and  that  the  harmonizing 
demonstration  was  possible  in  Chicago  while  it  failed  in  Philadelphia. 
That  the  movement  for  reuniting  the  formerly  belligerent  sections  was 
possible  with  the  people  here,  though  it  had  failed  elsewhere,  and  that 
I  would  try  it  again.  Then,  beginning  with  the  small  amount  of  money 
that  had  been  raised  by  The  ex-Confederate  Association,  through  the 
citizens  of  Chicago  attending  a  lecture  delivered  by  Gen.  John  B. 
Gordon,  and  with  that  fund,  turned  over  to  me  by  the  said  association  as 
a  nucleus  upon  which  to  build,  I  asked  the  citizens  of  this  great 
metropolis  to  help  erect  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  men  who  made 
the  generals,  the  common  soldiers,  lying  under  the  sod  in  Oakwoods 
cemetery.  These  men  who  died,  because  of  the  hardships  in  prison  life 
and  their  inability  to  endure  the  climate  (coming  as  they  did  from  a 
warm  section  of  the  country),  without  any  expectation  of  receiving  rewards 
because  of  high  office  and  renown,  thereby  demonstrating  to  the  man 
liberal  in  his  thoughts  and  just  in  his  actions,  that  they  possessed  within 
them  a  fortitude  and  bravery  that  any  class  could  honor.  I  asked 
the  good  people  of  Chicago  to  contribute,  with  the  idea  of  enhancing 
friendly  interest  throughout  the  land,  and  to  bring  back  that  old  feeling 
which  we  had  before  the  war,  that  recognized  every  section  of  the 
country  as  co-equal,  and  placed  all  the  states  upon  such  terms  of 
friendly  intercourse  that  the  Nation  as  a  whole  grew  and  prospered. 
Such  was  my  hobby  and  philanthropic  theme  for  twenty  years,  and 
although  it  had  been  a  failure,  to  my  cost  of  many  thousands  of 


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dollars  on  two  other  occasions,  yet  when  I  found  the  citizens  of  Chicago 
made  such  a  thing  possible,  I  carried  it  on  year  by  year  until  all 
fully  recognized  the  situation.  They  thought  of  the  6,000  mortals 
that  were  buried  three  times  underneath  their  sod,  carried  twice 
across  the  city  and  finally  interred  in  the  government  lot  purchased 
specially  for  them,  the  largest  body  of  common  soldiery,  or,  in 
fact,  any  soldiery  buried  in  one  limited  place  throughout  the  entire 
country,  here  in  their  midst.  Recognizing  that  fact,  and  knowing  from 
the  pulsation  of  the  people  that  it  was  a  possibility  here,  I  have  gone 
forward,  carefully,  consistently  and  persistently,  until  it  has  culminated 
in  this  deed  of  Chicago  which  will  cause  it  to  be  heralded  throughout  all 
time  to  come  as  the  city  that  inaugurated  the  act  bringing  the  south  and 
north  together  as  it  was  before  the  war.  (Applause.) 

"  It  is  not  the  question  of  what,  kind  of  money  you  want  to-day,  gold 
or  silver,  one  or  the  other,  or  both,  but  the  real  vital  problem  to  be 
solved  is  how  to  make  something  out  of  nothing,  to  enrich  the  land,  and 
to  do  that  successfully.  Whether  the  movement  is  started  by  Chicago  or 
by  any  other  city  or  section,  it  should  be  to  redevelop  that  portion  of  the 
south  that  needs  assistance  and  requires  the  capital  that  can  be  easily 
furnished  and  which  should  be  done  in  confidence  by  the  north,  for 
through  combining  the  possibilities  of  the  sun  and  the  soil  of  the  south- 
land through  culture,  stimulated  and  enabled  by  the  wealth  of  the  north, 
the  southern  country  can  be  made  to  prosper  as  it  did  forty  years  ago. 

"I  came  from  a  slave  state;  my  father  a  slave  owner,  afterward, 
when  a  colleague  of  Mr.  Clay  in  the  United  States  Senate,  jointly 
agreed  with  him  to  emancipate  their  slaves,  freed  and  sent  them 
to  Liberia.  I  went  against  my  family,  was  the  only  man  by  my  name 
from  Kentucky  who  entered  the  southern  army.  I  spent  half  of  my  war 
period  in  northern  prisons;  therefore,  I  can  appreciate  how  the  soldiers 
whose  memory  we  honor  felt  when  they  heroically  served  on  the  shores 
of  Lake  Michigan  in  the  stockades  here,  and  sacrificed  their  lives  for  a 
cause  they  thought  honorable  and  just.  Such  fortitude  is  a  monument  to 
any  nation  and  a  tribute  to  any  cause;  and  now,  thirty  years  after  that 
time,  upon  the  principle  of  the  'Wars  of  the  Roses,'  in  England,  or  of 
the  Eagles  and  Lilies,  in  France,  why  should  we  not  look  on  one  side  as 
having  made  an  honorable  record,  and  on  the  other  as  achieving  a  glorious 
victory?  I  say,  sir,  it  takes  all  the  contingents  of  this  country  to  make 
the  whole  people,  and  that  a  city  in  any  section  thereof  which  recognizes 
that  fact  is  great  in  every  sense  of  that  term  (Applause.) 

"  My  life  has  been  molded  in  a  large  degree  upon  the  recollection  of 
a  friendship  that  was  worked  out  in  the  actual  thrill  and  pressure  of  war. 


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I  had  a  difficulty  when  a  boy  with  a  schoolmate,  and  at  the  beginning  of 
hostilities  he  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the  north,  and  I  espoused  the  cause 
of  the  south.  When  Gen.  Bragg  entered  Kentucky  from  Tennessee, 
the  summer  of  1862,  I  went  to  see  my  sister,  living  near  Dechard, 
Tenn.,  and  by  accident  met  a  United  States  wagon  train,  escorted  by  a 
squadron  of  Federal  cavalry,  in  a  long  lane  formed  by  lines  of  'staked  and 
ridered '  rail  fences  on  each  side,  and,  consequently,  impossible  for  my 
horse  to  jump  the  fence  to  make  a  run  for  the  foothills  of  the  Cumber- 
land mountains,  or  to  get  out  of  the  lane  in  any  way.  I  wore  what  was 
known  as  a  Kentucky  gray  hunting-shirt — I  do  not  know  that  any  one 
present  has  ever  seen  one— and  having  an  old  black  citizen's  overcoat 
behind  my  saddle,  I  pulled  it  up  and  buttoned  it  across  my  breast,  so 
that  it  hung  loosely  over  my  shoulders.  I  hid  the  bright  buckle  of  my 
pistol-belt  by  holding  my  hand  over  it,  and  when  I  got  near  enough  to 
recognize  the  features  of  the  soldiers  whom  I  was  meeting  in  the  road,  the 
first  man  in  the  front  of  the  vanguard  that  was  approaching  me  was  the 
self-same  enemy  of  my  youth,  and  to  whom  I  had  neither  spoken,  nor  he  to 
me,  for  fifteen  years.  I  would  not  have  given  a  snap  of  my  finger  for  my 
life;  and  while  imagining  that  I  would  grace  one  of  the  trees  near  by  within 
a  few  minutes,  I  determined,  if  I  had  to  go  to  the  bar  of  judgment  that  day, 
I  would  send  my  enemy  to  the  other  world  before  I  went,  and  undoubt- 
edly showed  the  tire  that  I  felt  within,  as  I  met  and  never  took  my  eye  off 
of  my  supposed  enemy,  but  when  I  rode  up  along  by  him,  although  he 
looked  straight  forward  between  the  ears  of  his  horse  and  avoided  open 
recognition,  I  intuitively  felt  that  he  knew  me,  and  upon  reaching  his  side 
he  said  in  an  undertone — the  first  words  spoken  for  fifteen  years:  'All 
right,  John.'  He  was  a  Federal  soldier,  I  a  Confederate,  and  he  knew 
it.  I  was  a  possible  spy  (though  not  one),  because  I  could  not  have 
proven  otherwise  had  I  been  arrested  and  tried  by  a  drum-head  court- 
martial,  for  when  an  army  is  on  a  retreat  there  is  no  great  deal  of  inves- 
tigation as  to  whether  a  suspected  prisoner  is  a  spy  or  not.  Anyway,  I 
fully  realized  my  situation,  and  regarded  my  non-identification  by  my  im- 
agined personal  enemy  as  a  real  act  of  friendship  in  life.  That  man 
went  on  to  Kentucky,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Perryville — reported 
to  have  been  shot  in  two  by  a  cannon  ball.  I  do  not  know  for  certain  the 
particulars  of  his  death,  but  I  speak  here  to-night  in  acknowledgment 
of  his  heroism,  and  assert,  that  I  would  cheerfully  give  this  right  arm 
to  bring  him  back  to  life  again.  (Applause).  Such  was  true  friendship, 
and  that  is  the  principle  upon  which  this  monument  was  builded;  it  was 
the  prompting  on  which  the  Chicago  people  were  asked  to  contribute 
toward  its  erection,  not  because  of  anything  living,  but  for  the  heroism 


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of  the  dead.  And  the  broad  heart  of  liberal  Chicago,  the  superb  metrop- 
olis of  the  great  northwest,  philanthropically  beating,  makes  possible 
through  the  glorious  culmination  in  free  expression  of  all  the  feelings  of 
friendship  and  fraternity,  so  richly  portrayed  here  to-night,  the  reunion 
of  the  formerly  belligerent  sections.  Long  live  a  reunited  people  and 
an  undivided  country."  (Prolonged  applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "There  was  on  the  program  to-night  a  response  from 
a  Union  officer  who  is  greatly  respected  among  us  and  greatly  loved,  a 
man  who  was  the  personal  friend  of  our  dead  secretary  of  state,  to  whom 
were  spoken  the  last  words,  the  last  order  which  Gen.  Gresham  ever 
gave  as  a  military  officer.  Judge  Tuthill  writes  this  letter  to  explain  his 
non-appearance:" 

JUDGE  RICHARD  S.   TUTHILL, 

Of  Chicago. 

(Letter.) 

" Gentlemen:  The  death  of  my  dear  friend  and  companion  in  arms, 
Walter  Q.  Gresham,  and  a  call  to  attend  a  memorial  meeting  in  his 
honor  to-night,  at  which  arrangements  for  his  funeral  to-morrow  will  be 
made,  will,  I  much  regret  to  say,  deprive  me  of  the  anticipated  pleasure 
of  being  at  the  banquet  given  to  visiting  officers  of  the  Union  and  Con- 
federate armies. 

"My  heart  and  desires  are  and  always  have  been  for  burying  all  the 
bitterness  which  was  engendered  by  the  war  in  a  grave  deeper  and  more 
silent  than  are  those  where  rest  the  heroes  of  both  sides  who  fell  in  the 
great  struggle.  The  men  of  the  north  and  the  men  of  the  south  claim  a 
common  heritage  of  colonial  history.  Alike  they  fought  under  Washing- 
ton to  establish  on  American  soil,  government  by  the  people.  They  are, 
by  all  the  ties  that  can  bind  men  one  to  another,  brothers.  Such  may 
they  ever  remain. 

"I  propose  as  a  sentiment  for  the  toast  to  which  I  expected  to 
respond  to  to-night,  this  : 

"The  battlefields,  the  rifle  pits,  the  earthworks,  where  a  quarter  of 
a  century  ago  heroic  men,  our  brothers  all,  fought  with  a  valor  which 
has  not  been  surpassed  in  any  age  or  land,  and,  actuated  alone  by  high 
and  sacred  convictions  of  duty,  nobly  sacrificed  their  lives  therefor,  were 
soon  by  kindly  nature  hidden  from  sight  with  a  covering  of  tender  grass 
and  flowers  and  shrubs.  Shall  not  the  same  Providence  which  causes 
the  grass  to  grow  and  the  flowers  to  bloom  upon  soil  once  drenched  with 
fraternal  blood,  in  like  manner  cover,  as  with  a  mantle  of  forgetf ulness,  all 


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the  evil  passions  of  the  war,  its  trials, its  hardships  and  its  terrors?  Thus 
alone  can  it  be  possible  that  that  true  reconciliation,  indispensable  to  a 
real  union,  shall  be  accomplished,  when  every  man  who  lives  under  the 
star  spangled  banner,  the  priceless  gift  of  a  common  ancestry,  shall  feel 
in  the  inmost  recesses  of  his  heart  fraternal  regard  for  all  of  his  fellow- 
citizens.  Let  us  forget  that  we  ever  differed  and  hereafter  vie  with  each 
other  only  as  to  who  shall  do  most  to  promote  the  welfare  and  glory  of 
our  common  country.  Very  respectfully, 

"  RICHARD  S.    TUTHILL." 

(Great  applause  greeted  the  reading  of  this  letter.) 
The  toastmaster  then  introduced  Gen.    Harry  Heth,  who  spoke  as 
follows  : 

MAJ.-GEN.   HENRY  HETH, 
Of  Virginia. 

Gen.  Heth:  "I  will  not  go  into  the  history  of  Gettysburg,  but  I 
will  tell  you  something  that  may  be  of  interest  to  you,  that  I  do  not 
think  has  ever  been  stated  before,  certainly  not  in  public,  and  it  refers  to 
your  distinguished  commander,  Gen.  Grant. 

"In  1852  Gen.  Grant  and  myself  happened  to  be  in  St.  Louis 
together.  He  had  nothing  to  do  there;  he  came  on  to  bring  his  wife 
home,  who  at  that  time  gave  birth  to  their  son,  Fred.  We  had  nothing 
in  particular  to  do  and  we  were  together  during  the  day,  played  billiards 
together,  rolled  ten-pins  and  took  drinks.  I  had  to  go  down  to  the 
barracks  on  some  business  to  see  the  commanding  officer  of  the  depart- 
ment, and  I  missed  the  stage  that  went  down  at  10:00  o'clock,  and  I  met 
Grant  and  told  him  my  misfortune.  He  said,  '  Oh,  that  makes  no 
difference;  I  will  drive  you  down  with  my  fast  horse  that  I  brought  down 
from  Detroit.'  I  said,  'All  right;  you  dine  with  me  at  the  Planters' 
House;  have  your  buggy  there  at  3:00  o'clock  and  we  will  drive  down 
together.'  We  did  so.  I  went  out  and  looked  at  this  pony  that  he  had 
there,  and  I  commenced  to  ridicule  it,  and  he  said,  '  Get  in  and  I  will 
show  you  how  she  will  go  after  we  get  outside  of  the  city  limits.'  I 
still  continued  teasing  him  after  we  got  into  the  buggy  and  he  said,  'Well, 
I  will  show  you  how  she  will  go  after  we  get  outside  of  the  city  limits. '  I 
made  him  mad  and  he  pulled  on  the  reins;  the  thing  was  going  along  at  a 
jogtrot,  he  hit  it  with  a  whip  and  it  broke  into  a  rack  or  pace,  and  it  went 
down  the  street  like  a  streak  of  lightning;  we  had  to  turn  an  angle  in 
the  street,  and  it  ran  into  a  cow,  and  Grant  was  thrown  out  and  struck 
the  curbstone  with  his  shoulders;  I  was  thrown  between  two  baskets  of 
cranberries,  which  broke  my  fall:  Grant  was  knocked  insensible,  was 
taken  up  by  the  people  and  taken  into  an  apothecary  establishment,  laid 


MAJ.-GEN.  HENRY  HETH, 

DURING    THE   SIXTIES. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 


May  29 -June  2,    1895. 

lAPHIC: 
Henry  Heth  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  was  born  at  Black  Heath,  Chesterfield  county,  Va.,  December  16,  1825;  graduated  at  United 

States  Military  Academy  in  July,  1847. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army: — 

Brevet  second  lieutenant,  First  infantry,  July  i,  1847;  second  lieutenant,  Sixth  infantry, September  22,  1847. 

First  lieutenant,  June  g,  1853;  regimental  quartermaster,  November  24,  1854. 

Captain,  Tenth  infantry,  March  3,  1855;  served  in  war  with  Mexico  and  on  frontier. 


vapiaiu,    x  CIILU    llliaiiuj,    inailju   J»   1OJJ,    3C1VGU  111    well    w 

Resigned  commission  in  United  States  army,  April  18,  i 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 


nppwuKifcU*!  /\yiil  y,  1005. 

Member  of  board  of  Antietam  battlefield  commission,  1895 


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on  the  counter,  rubbed  and  brought  to.  Somebody  caught  the  horse 
and  brought  back  the  buggy.  The  shaft  was  broken  and  the  harness 
also.  After  he  recovered,  I  said,  '  Well,  we  must  abandon  our  trip;  we 
cannot  carry  it  out.'  He  said,  'No,  the  ordnance  department  is  just  a 
few  hundred  yards  below  here;  we  will  go  down  and  have  the  buggy 
repaired,  and  then  we  will  go  down  to  the  barracks.'  That  was  done,  we 
went  to  the  barracks,  and  I  transacted  my  business 

"The  next  time  I  met  Gen.  Grant  was  at  Appomattox.  Gen.  Lee 
sent  me  up  to  his  headquarters  on  some  business.  He  was  very  glad  to 
see  me,  took  me  by  the  hand,  asked  me  to  come  into  a  room,  and  we 
had  a  talk,  and  he  said:  'Heth,  do  you  remember  when  we  were  last 
together?'  I  said:  'Yes,  at  St.  Louis.'  He  said:  'Do  you  remember 
how  near  I  came  to  breaking  your  neck  and  mine?'  I  said:  'Grant,  it 
would  have  made  very  little  difference  if  you  had  broken  my  neck,  but  I 
have  wished,  old  man,  a  thousand  times  that  you  had  broken  yours.' 
'Well,'  he  said,  'Do  you  remember  anything  special  that  occurred 
down  there  when  we  were  at  the  barracks?'  I  said:  'No.'  'Well,  says 
he,  'Do  you  remember  who  was  there?'  'Yes,'  I  said,  'Hancock  was 
there,  McDowell  was  there,  Bragg  was  there,  Gen.  Clark  was  there, 
whom  I  went  down  to  see.'  '  Well,'  said  he,  'do  you  recollect  anything 
that  occurred  there?'  I  said:  'No,  I  do  not.'  'Well,'  says  he,  'I  do. 
Not  one  of  those  fellows  asked  us  to  take  a  drink.'  'Well,'  says  I, 
'Grant,  that  reminds  me  of  the  fact  that  you  have  not  asked  me  to  take 
a  drink  now.'  'Well,'  says  he,  'have  you  got  a  courier  here?'  I  said: 
'Yes.'  Well,'  said  he,  'leave  him  here,  and  when  you  get  to  your  tent 
you  will  find  plenty  to  drink  there,'  which  I  did." 

Gen.  Butler:     "  How  much?" 

Gen.  Heth:     "  Two  gallons." 

"Now,  I  will  tell  you  another  little  instance  of  another  general,  a 
friend  of  mine.  I  was  a  guest  of  Gen.  Burnside,  in  Washington.  He 
was  very  much  depressed,  as  he  had  lost  his  wife,  and  he  would  sit  up 
till  2:00  o'clock  at  night  attending  to  his  committee  work.  Then  he 
would  see  something,  apparently,  that  reminded  him  of  his  dead  wife, 
and  he  would  break  down,  throw  himself  on  his  sofa,  and  throw  his 
arms  around  me,  and  I  tried  to  console  him  in  every  way.  This  con- 
tinued for  some  time,  and  finally  he  got  up  one  night  and  he  said: 
'  Heth,  what  we  want  is  a  dinner  party.'  I  said:  '  That  is  just  what  we 
want.'  He  said:  '  How  are  you  getting  along  with  Grant  and  Sherman 
and  all  those  fellows?'  Said  I:  'Just  as  well  as  before  the  war.' 
And  so  we  gave  a  dinner  party,  and  we  sat  down.  Gen.  Grant  did  not 
come,  but  Sherman  did,  and  all  the  old  fellows,  and  I  think  there 
were  some  twelve  or  fourteen  at  the  dinner  party.  We  sat  down  at 
7:00  o'clock  and  got  up  at  3:00  o'clock.  And  they  talked  over  all  the  wars 


MAJ.-GEN.  S.  G.  FRENCH, 

DURING   THE   SIXTIES. 


May  29 -June  2,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 


Samuel  G.  French  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  November  22,  1818;  graduated  at  United  States  Military  Academy,  in  July,  1843. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army:— 

Brevet  second  lieutenant  July  i,  1843;  second  lieutenant  Third  regiment  artillery,  August  n,  1846. 

First  lieutenant  March  3,  1847;  captain,  assistant  quartermaster,  January  12,  1848. 

Brevetted  first  lieutenant  for  gallant  service  at  Monterey,  Mexico,  September  23,  1846. 

Brevetted  captain    for    distinguished    service  at  Buena  Vista,  Mexico,  February   23,  1847.     Resigned  his  commission 

in  United  States  army  April,  1856. 
Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

Lieutenant-colonel  and  chief  of  ordnance,  Mississippi  state  troops,  February  12,  1861. 

Major,  corps  of  artillery,  C.  S.  A.,  April  2,  1861;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  October  23,  1861. 

Major-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  August  31,  1862;  served  in  the  western  army  and  specially  distinguished  himself  at  Kennesaw 

mountain. 
Cotton  planter,  Greenville,  Miss.,  1856-79;  afterward  engaged  in  orange  culture   Florida.     Resides  at  Winter  Park,  Fla. 


79 

that  they  had  ever  been  engaged  in— the  Florida  war,  the  Mexican  war, 
and  then  our  war,  the  Civil  war.  I  was  sitting  at  the  left  of  Gen.  Sher- 
man. Something  was  said,  and  he  said:  '  Heth,  but  you  damned  rebels  •wag 
did  so  and  so.'  'Well,'  said  I,  'stop,  Sherman.  I  think  if  there  are 
two  men  that  should  go  down  on  their  knees  and  thank  the  Almighty  for 
raising  up  the  rebels,  those  two  men  are  Grant  and  yourself.  If  it  had 
not  been  for  the  rebels  you  would  have  been  teaching  school  yet  in  the 
swamps  of  Louisiana,  and  Grant  would  be -tanning  leather  at  Galena." 
The  toastmaster  then  introduced  Gen.  French,  who  spoke  as  follows: 

MAJ.-GEN.  SAMUEL  G.   FRENCH, 

Of  Florida. 

Gen.  French:  "  The  distinguished  guests  who  have  addressed  you 
this  evening  have  expressed  thanks  to  you  gentlemen  who  represent  this 
great  city,  for  the  hospitality  that  its  people  have  shown  us,  and  yet  I 
am  quite  sure  they  will  pardon  me  if  I  say  they  have  fallen  short  of 
expressing  it  in  such  measured  terms  as  it  truly  merits.  Perhaps  the 
highest  exhibition  of  hospitality  is  that  where  the  host  makes  the  guests 
the  masters  of  his  house,  and  this  is  the  measure  of  the  hospitality  that 
has  been  extended  to  us. 

"  I  remember  at  early  dawn,  the  morning  after  the  battle  at  Franklin, 
Tenn.,  I  climbed  over  the  Federal  line  of  works  and  found  therein, 
among  the  dead,  six  or  seven  soldiers  lying  side  by  side,  wounded  and 
unable  to  rise,  protecting  themselves  from  the  cold  by  a  blanket  drawn 
over  them.  Three  or  four  of  them  were  Missourians  from  my  division, 
and  the  others  were  Federal  soldiers.  I  had  with  me  a  flask  of  whisky 
and  I  said  to  them,  '  Boys,  here  is  some  whisky  for  you,  but  I  insist 
that  you  who  drink  first  shall  be  moderate  so  that  the  last  man  shall  have 
some.'  They  all  promised  that  they  would  do  so,  and  there  was  plenty 
for  the  last  man. 

"  And  now  I  declare  unto  you  that,  from  the  morning  of  that  sad  day 
to  this  evening  of  festivity,  it  has  never  once  before  occurred  to  me  that  I 
was  then  ministering  to  the  sufferings  of  a  fallen  foe.  I  numbered  them  all 
alike,  unconsciously,  as  friends.  If  then,  prompted  only  by  the  dictates 
of  common  humanity,  the  living  soldier  finds  relief,  surely  to-morrow  the 
dead  will  have  their  ashes  respected  and  committed  to  your  care. 

"Your  actions  in  regard  to  the  remains  of  those  prisoners  have  been 
inspired  by  a  sympathy  awakened  by  an  advanced  knowledge, intensified 
by  a  higher  and  progressive  civilization,  and  it  places  you  on  an  elevated 
plane  of  broad  humanity  from  which  you  can  securely  look  down  on  the 
petty  hates  of  those  below,  and  pour  oil  on  the  bitter  waters  of  strife 
and  still  the  yet  rippling  waves;  and  in  doing  this  work  of  peace  it  will 


May  29-31,    1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

William  Lowndes  Calhoun,  a  descendant  of  the  South  Carolina  family,  was  born  at  Decatur,  Ga.,  November  21,  18^7;  was 
educated  in  the  private  schools  of  Decatur  and  Atlanta,  Ga.,  studied  law  and  became  a  prominent  attorney. 

Mayor  of  Atlanta,  two  years-  representative  in  the  Georgia  legislature,  four  years;  and  judge  of  the  "Court  of  Ordinary  and 
Probate"  of  Atlanta  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  which  position  he  at  present  holds. 

Captain  in  the  Confederate  army;  he  served  in  the  south  and  west  nearly  the  entire  war  period  and  was  severely  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Resaca,Ga.;  and,  since  the  war,  became  lieutenant-colonel  commanding  Fourth  battalion  of  infantry,  Georgia 
volunteers. 

President  of  the  Confederate  Veteran  Association  of  Atlanta,  member  of  the  Davis  monument  committee  and  judge  advocate- 
general  of  the  Department  East  of  the  Mississippi  River,  U.  C.  V. 


8i 

be  told  as  a  memorial  of  you,  as  oft  as  of  the  woman  who  poured  the 
box  of  precious  ointment  on  the  head  of  the  great  Galilean. 

"A  harmonious  union  of  our  people  may  change  the  destiny  of  the 
world;  and  you  may  awake  some  morning  to  find  your  names  written  by 
an  angelic  hand  as  high  on  the  roil  of  those  deserving  heavenly  favor, 
as  was  the  name  of  Abou  Ben  Adhem,  written  by  an  angel,  because  '  he 
loved  his  fellow  men.'"  (Applause.) 

(Calls  for  Calhoun.) 

JUDGE  W.   L.   CALHOUN, 

Of  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Judge  Cathoun:  ''Gentlemen — It  is  entirely  too  late  to  speak  to  you 
to-night.  I  only  wish  to  make  one  remark,  and  that  is,  that  we  desire 
to  invite  you  of  Chicago  to  come  down  to  our  exposition,  which  our 
people  say  will  be  much  larger  than  the  Columbian  exposition.  (Laughter.) 

"Just  a  word,  gentlemen.  I  desire  on  behalf  of  the  city  I  represent, 
and  the  State  of  Georgia,  to  reciprocate  most  heartily  the  sentiments 
which  have  been  expressed.  I  thank  God  that  this  prevails  everywhere 
over  this  country,  and  that  we  come  now  to  look  upon  the  achievements 
of  the  soldiers  of  the  north  and  of  the  south  as  the  common  heritage  and 
common  glory  of  the  American  people.  I  regard  it  as  an  event  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  that  here  upon  northern  soil  a  monument  to  Con- 
federate dead  should  be  dedicated.  It  expresses  and  is,  the  indication 
of  a  feeling  that  I  believe  now  prevails  throughout  all  this  country,  that 
the  war  is  at  an  end,  and  that  we  have  but  one  country  and  one  govern- 
ment. I  see  all  around  me  to-night  the  flag  of  the  United  States.  I 
have  no  hate  in  my  heart  for  that  flag.  It  was  established  by  the  heroism 
of  the  soldiers  of  the  north  and  the  south,  and  I  assert  to-night,  that  if 
the  day  should  ever  come,  when  either  from  within  or  without  this  gov- 
ernment should  be  threatened,  they  will  stand  together,  shoulder  to 
shoulder  and  arm  to  arm.  to  aid  in  defending  and  preserving  it  forever." 
(Applause.) 

Col.  Turner:  "All  good  things  must  come  to  an  end.  It  is  now 
12:00  o'clock,  and  all  these  people  have  to  go  down  to  the  cemetery 
early  in  the  morning.  I  want  to  say  that  I  believe  that  all  will  join  with 
me  in  feeling  that  we  are  glad  to  have  stood  sponsors  to  the  birth  of  a 
new  era.  Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones  will  pronounce  a  benediction." 

REV.  JENKIN    LLOYD   JONES. 

Pastor  of  All  Souls'  Church,   Chicago. 

Rev.  Mr.  Jones:  "Into  the  glory  of  the  greater  future,  into  the  peace 
born  out  of  heroism,  into  the  hope  that  grows  out  of  struggle  and  trial, 


PRIVATE  JENKIN  LLOYD  JONES, 

DURING   THE   SIXTIES. 


May  29-  31,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones  was  born  at  Llandyssul,  Wales,  November  14,  1843;  his  parents  immigrated  to  America  when  he  was  a  year 
old,  and  settled  in  the  backwoods  of  Wisconsin. 

Enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Wisconsin  battery,  August  14,  1863;  served  as  a  private  throughout  the  war  in  the  western  army  under  Gens. 
Grant,  Sherman,  and  other  commanders;  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Corinth,  Oxford,  Port  Gibson,  Raymond,  Jackson, 
Champion  Hills,  Missionary  Ridge,  the  sieges  of  Vicksburg,  Chattanooga,  Atlanta,  and  defense  of  Nashville. 

After  the  war,  worked  on  farm  and  taught  school;  studied  four  years  at  Theological  school,  Meadville,  Pa.;  ordained  to  the 
ministry  June,  1870;  secretary  of  the  Western  Unitarian  Conference  for  ten  years;  organized  All  Souls  (Independent) 
church,  Chicago,  in  1882,  over  which  he  still  presides;  is  and  has  been  managing  editor  of  The  New  Unity  tor  eighteen 
years;  secretary  of  the  general  committee  on  the  Parliament  of  Religions,  and  is  general  secretary  of  the  American 
Congress  of  Liberal  Religious  Societies. 


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we  would  enter.  Oh,  thou  Infinite  Father,  may  we  so  live  that  we  may 
hasten  the  glad  time  that  is  to  come,  when  the  battle  drum  beats  no  longer 
and  the  flags  of  war  are  furled,  in  the  federation  of  man,  in  the  parlia- 
ment of  peace,  the  brotherhood  of  man,  the  round  world  over,  Amen." 

Pertinent  to  the  actions  of  Rev.  J.  L.  Jones  is  the  following  letter: 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  U.  C.  V.,  Palmer  House,  Chicago,  May  23,  1895: 

"DEAR  SIR  AND  BROTHER — I  have  tried  to  find  you  that  I  might  tell 
you  in  person,  that  I  find  myself  in  closest  fellowship  with  you  and  all 
others  who  fain  would  conserve  the  memory  of  the  brave  and  do  honor 
to  the  valiant,  whatever  the  verdict  of  history  may  be  upon  their  efforts. 
I  want  to  say  to  you  further  that  I  consider  your  efforts  to  honor  your 
fellow  comrades  not  only  perfectly  legitimate  but  most  commendable  and 
honorable,  and  as  one  who  served  as  a  private  on  the  other  side  from  you, 
who  met  you  and  yours  many  times  in  the  hot  contest,  I  want  to  endorse 
the  project  of  dedicating  on  Decoration  Day  next  the  monument  reared 
in  honor  of  the  Confederate  prisoners  whose  bones  rest  in  Oakwoods 
cemetery.  Their  death  was  a  most  pathetic  witness  to  the  sincerity  of 
their  purpose,  and  if  after  thirty  years  the  representatives  of  the  contend- 
ing armies  can  clasp  hands  over  their  humble  graves,  they  certainly  have 
not  died  in  vain.  The  outcome  of  the  bitter  warfare  has  been  worthy 
the  sacrifice,  if  now  we  can  clasp  loving  hands  across  what  was  once  a 
bloody  chasm,  but  which  chasm  is  now  grass-grown  and  flower-garlanded. 
The  angel  of  history  has  made  many  things  plain  now,  that  were  ambigu- 
ous then.  In  the  growing  perspective  of  history  things  have  grown  clear 
that  once  were  obscure,  but  in  all  these  revealments  nothing  has  become 
more  clear  than  that  not  methods  but  motives,  not  what  we  accomplish  but 
the  spirit  in  which  we  seek  to  accomplish,  measures  the  worth  of  a  man. 

"Please  do  not  interpret  this  letter  as  any  intrusion  upon  your  time 
or  your  proceedings.  I  shall  be  pleased  to  take  a  silent  place  with  you 
on  the  3oth,  that  I  may  thus  testify  by  my  presence  rather  than  by  any 
word  of  mine  to  the  fellowship  I  bear  in  my  heart  for  you.  There  are 
others  whose  voices  will  be  more  welcome,  more  fitting  than  mine  and 
who  have  far  greater  right  to  be  heard,  but  I  will  gladly  join  in  your 
dedication  exercises  by  my  presence. 

"I  know  nothing  of  the  details  of  your  program.  It  has  occurred  to 
me  that  if  any  portion  of  your  procession  should  be  mounted,  I  have  a 
good  saddle  horse  which  I  will  be  pleased  to  place  at  the  disposal  of  any 
member  of  your  staff  or  will  be  pleased  to  ride  her  myself  in  such  a  pro- 
cession. I  will  be  glad  to  know  your  wishes  in  this  matter. 

"Allow  me  to  subscribe  myself  as  one  who  was  once  a  sincere  foe  but 
never  a  personal  enemy,  now  your  cordial  fellow  citizen  and  brother  man. 

"JENKIN  LLOYD  JONES." 


STAFF  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  U.  C.  V. 

Page  2.     MAJ.-GEN.  JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD,  Commanding  Division. 
ROSTER  OF  STAFF. 

COL.  SAMUEL  BAKER,  Chief  of  Staff. 

No.  i.  LIEUT.-COL.  GEO.  FORRESTER,  Adjutani-General. 

No.  2.  LIEUT.-COL.  R.  LEE  FRANCE.  Inspector-General. 

No.  3.  LIEUT.-COL.  JERES.  WHITE,  Quartermaster-General. 

No.  4.  LIEUT.-COL.  JOHN  W.  WHITE,  Commissary-General. 

No.  5.  MAJ.  BENJ.  F.  JENKINS,  Aid-de-Camp. 

No.  6.  MAJ.  CHAS    R.  TUCKER,  Aid-de-Camp. 

No.  7.  CAPT.  WILLIAM  B.  PHIPPS,  Banneret. 


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THE  DIVISION  STAFF. 

The  officers  constituting  this  staff  rendered  efficient  and  valuable 
service,  fully  appreciated  by  the  commander,  and  for  which  he  hereby 
makes  due  acknowledgment  and  extends  both  official  and  personal  thanks. 

BIOGRAPHIC  SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  STAFF. 

GEORGE  FORRESTER  of  Chicago,  a  Kentuckian,  at  the  commencement  of  the  war  was 
publishing  a  newspaper  in  Maysville,  Ky.,  when  he  was  arrested  and  confined  for  several  months  in  Fort 
Lafayette,  N.  Y.,  in  1861.  On  being  released  he  immediately  went  south  and  joined  the  Third  Kentucky 
cavalry  of  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan's  command,  C.  S.  A.,  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain  and  followed  that 
intrepid  leader  throughout  his  dashing  career.  He  was  severely  wounded  in  the  fight  at  Woodburn 
Station,  Ky.,  and  upon  recovery  returned  to  his  command,  and  finally  surrendered  at  Augusta,  Ga.,  in 
May,  1865.  He  engaged  in  planting  in  Alabama  until  1868.  then  moved  to  Chicago,  and  has  been 
employed  there  ever  since  in  mercantile  pursuits,  at  present  being  with  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.  He 
vi  as  the  first  president  of  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  and  was  re-elected  to  a  second  term. 

ROBERT  LEE  FRANCE  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  moved  to  Baltimore,  and, 
running  the  blocka.de  in  1862,  went  south  and  joined  French's  battery  of  Virginia  artillery,  C.  S.  A.;  was 
at  the  capture  of  Harper's  Ferry,  his  battery  firing  the  last  gun  and  shot  that  killed  Gen.  D.  H.  Miles, 
commanding  the  Federal  forces.  He  was  appointed  sergeant  of  the  battery  and  afterward  ordnance 
sergeant  to  Col.  Alexander,  chief  of  artillery  of  Longstreet's  corps,  and  engaged  in  the  battles  of 
Sharpsburg,  Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg  and  all  the  operations  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  to 
Petersburg;  when,  upon  application,  he  was  transferred  to  the  "Maryland  Line,"  ultimately  became  a 
member  of  Col.  Mosby's  command,  and,  being  captured  by  Merritt's  cavalry,  was  first  confined  in  the 
old  Capitol  prison,  Washington  City,  and  afterward  in  the  military  prison  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
was  paroled  in  March,  1865,  and,  returning  to  Virginia,  reached  Richmond  two  weeks  before  the  surrender 
of  Lee's  army  at  Appomattox.  He  remained  some  time  in  Virginia,  and  then  moved  to  Chicago, 
and  is  there  at  present  engaged  in  the  coal  business. 

JERE  S.  WHITE  of  Chicago,  was  born  near  Aberdeen,  Miss.,  moved  to  LaGrange,  Tenn., 
entered  the  military  academy,  and  afterward  the  college,  in  1860.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  went  to 
Mobile,  Ala.,  and  enlisting  in  the  Gulf  City  Guards,  C.  S.  A.,  participated  in  the  capture  of  the  ship 
Danube  off  Fort  Morgan,  Mobile  bay.  He  was  commissioned  a  special  courier  in  the  secret  service, 
C.  S.  A.,  by  Secretary  of  War  Walker,  and  was  sent  with  dispatches  to  various  military  commanders  in 
Arkansas,  and  operated  later  in  north  Mississippi  and  west  Tennessee,  and  in  the  delivery  of  the  same 
and  discharge  of  the  various  hazardous  duties  of  such  special  service,  he  constantly  encountered 
difficulties,  dangers,  and  experienced  many  hardships.  He  crossed  and  re-crossed  the  Mississippi  river 
several  times,  traversed  the  marshes  and  swamps  of  that  river  and  various  bayou  bottoms,  and  had 
many  hair-breadth  escapes.  He  finally  surrendered  with  Gen.  Forrest  in  May,  1865,  and,  going  to  New 
Orleans,  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  until  1879,  when  he  moved  to  Chicago;  was  employed 
commercially,  and  is  now  in  the  general  commission  business. 

JOHN  W.  WHITE  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  and  educated  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
whence  he  went  south  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  enlisted  in  the  Seventh  regiment  infantry, 
Georgia  volunteers,  C.  S.  A.,  May,  1861;  was  transferred  to  the  First  Virginia  cavalry,  February,  1862, 
and  participated  in  every  battle  fought  by  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  from  Blackburn's  Ford  to 
Chancellorsville,  when  he  joined  Col.  Mosby's  Forty-third  Virginia  battalion  and  remained  with  that 
command  until  its  disbandment  after  the  surrender.  He  was  captured  during  Gen.  Early's  invasion  of 
Maryland  in  July,  1864,  and  confined  for  about  three  months  in  the  old  Capitol  prison  at  Washington 
City,  when  he  was  exchanged.  He  moved  to  Chicago  in  1866,  and  has  been  ever  since  engaged  in 
transportation  and  commercial  business,  and  is  now  the  manager  of  Jevne  &  Co.  He  is  a  past 
president  of  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago,  which  position  he  filled  a  second  term. 

BENJAMIN  F.  JENKINS  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  enlisted  at  Asheville,  N.  C.,  in 
the  "Buncombe  Rifles,"  afterward  Company  E  First  regiment  infantry,  North  Carolina  volunteers, 
C.  S.  A.,  in  April,  1861,  and  commenced  his  first  service  with  that  command  on  the  Virginia  peninsula. 
Upon  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  of  his  regiment,  he  joined  Company  K  Third  Virginia 
cavalry,  and  served  in  that  command  to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  engaged  in  all  the  pitched  battles 
of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  from  the  beginning  to  the  surrender  at  Appomattox,  and  was  severely 
wounded  four  times,  having  been  shot  through  the  body  at  Gettysburg,  but  was  never  a  prisoner.  After 
the  war  he  engaged  in  mining  phosphates  in  South  Carolina  for  a  year,  then  as  a  traveling  salesman  for 
New  York  and  Chicago  houses,  about  twenty-two  years,  and  is  at  present  cashier  of  the  Illinois  state 
grain  inspection  department  in  Chicago. 

CHARLES  R.  TUCKER  of  Chicago,  when  a  boy  16  years  of  age,  ran  away  from  his  home  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  when  that  city  was  occupied  by  Gen.  Buell's  army.  He  crossed  over  the  Ohio  river  into 
Indiana  and  walked  twenty  miles  to  elude  the  Federal  pickets,  then  recrossed  into  Kentucky  and  finally 
reached  and  joined  Gen.  Abe  Buford's  Confederate"  command  at  Frankfort,  wheie  he  was  almost 
immediately  under  fire  from  Federal  cavalry  at  a  skirmish  in  defense  of  a  bridge  over  the  Kentucky 
river.  Having,  boy-like,  left  home  without  anv  kind  of  preparation,  he  soon  became  sick,  and  on  the 
retreat  of  the  Confederates  from  Lexington,  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  left  in  a  disabled  condition 
at  a  farmhouse  in  central  Kentucky,  and  finally  reached  Louisville.  Since  the  war  he  has  been  engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits  in  various  cities  and  at  present  is  in  business  in  Chicago. 

WILLIAM  B.  PHIPPS  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Stratford-on-Avon,  England,  immigrated  to 
America  about  1850,  returned  to  England  and  again  came  to  the  "States"  in  1855,  purchased  property 
and  settled  in  Greenville,  N.  C.,  the  following  year.  He  enlisted  in  Company  C  Forty-fourth  regiment 
infantry.  North  Carolina  volunteers,  C.  S.  A.,  June,  1862;  was  in  the  fights  at  Newbern,  N.  C  ;  Drury's 
Bluff's,  Va.,  and  many  of  the  principal  battles  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  after  Chancellorsville. 
He  was  color-sergeant  of  his  regiment,  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  "Hatcher's  Run"  and  finally 
captured  at  Petersburg,  taken  to  and  confined  in  the  military  prison  at  Point  Lookout,  Md  He  was  in 
the  Confederate  army  three  years  and  never  sick  or  absent  from  duty.  On  being  released  from  prison 
in  June,  1865,  he  sold  his  interests  in  North  Carolina  and  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  mercantile  transactions. 


THE    MONUMENT. 


DESCRIPTION  OF  THE   MONUMENT. 

The  monument  is  erected  in  the  center  of  an  oval  plot,  with  axes 
275  feet  and  500  feet,  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago,  bought  by  the 
United  States  government,  in  which  to  bury  the  Camp  Douglas  military 
prison  dead;  and  was  constructed  by  the  Southern  Granite  Company  of 
the  widely  known  "Pearl  "  granite  from  its  quarries  at  Constitution  Hill, 
Ga.,  which,  for  closeness  of  grain,  beauty  of  texture  and  susceptibility  of 
receiving  a  brilliant  and  everlasting  polish  is  unsurpassed;  and,  owing  to 
such  superlative  quality,  it  is  particularly  fitted  for  and  has  no  superior 
in  the  higher  class  of  monumental  and  art  work. 

The  memorial  is  truly  a  handsome  creation  of  the  stoneworkers'  art, 
and  presents  a  dignified  and  imposing  appearance,  the  correct  propor- 
tions being  very  noticeable  in  the  chaste  yet  simple  design,  as  follows: 

The  lower  base  or  platform  is  fifteen  feet  six  inches  square,  upon 
which  are  laid  three  other  bases;  and,  on  the  front  of  the  center  one,  cut 
in  raised  and  polished  letters  of  bold  outlines,  are  the  words,  "Con- 
federate Dead."  The  upper  base  is  adorned  with  a  series  of  rich  mould- 
ings and  on  the  front  of  this  stone  is  placed  an  enlarged  model  of  the 
well-known  Confederate  seal,  worked  in  bronze,  representing  in  relief  a 
mounted  soldier  (Gen.  Washington)  enclosed  within  a  wreath,  wrought 
by  entwining  the  foliage  of  products  peculiar  to  the  south. 

The  "die  "  of  the  monument  is  made  of  one  massive  stone,  the  dimen- 
sions being  six  feet  one  inch  square,  by  two  feet  ten  inches  high;  it 
has  re-entering  angles  which  are  filled  with  groups  of  cluster  columns 
terminating  in  richly  carved  Romanesque  caps;  on  the  front  is  the 
inscription  and  on  the  other  three  sides  are  placed  artistic  bronze  panels. 

An  elaborate  piece  of  masonry,  ornamented  with  a  carved  wreath  on 
each  of  its  four  gables,  forms  the  crown  to  the  cap  of ' '  die  "  and  completes 
the  pedestal,  from  which  as  a  base,  springs  the  shaft,  two  feet  six 
inches  square  at  bottom  and  twelve  feet  in  height,  surmounted  with 
a  finely  designed  battlemented  capital  which  supports  a  bronze  statute 
of  a  Confederate  foot  soldier,  eight  feet  high. 

In  addition  to  the  bronze  panels,  carvings,  etc.,  cannon  balls  as 
military  emblems  in  the  angles  of  the  second  base,  greatly  add  to  the 
effect,  and  while  the  column  is  over  thirty  feet,  the  total  height  of  the 
monument,  including  the  statue,  is  nearly  forty  feet. 

The  monument  was  designed  by  John  C.  Underwood,  with  Louis  R. 
Fearn  as  delineating  architect. 


BRONZE  STATUE  OF  CONFEDERATE  INFANTRY  SOLDIER, 
SURMOUNTING  CAPITAL   OF  COLUMN. 


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THE  STATUE. 

The  statue  is  over  eight  feet  high,  is  that  of  a  Confederate 
infantryman,  and  every  old  soldier  will  recognize  the  figure  as  that  of  a 
typical  Confederate  as  he  appeared  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  stands 
with  folded  arms  looking  down  in  regret  upon  the  field  where  hosts  of  his 
comrades  sleep;  with  travel-stained  clothing  and  shoes  worn,  he  is  the 
picture  of  one  who  has  suffered  many  hardships  and  whose  defeat  has 
been  accomplished  only  after  a  bitter  struggle.  He  has  on  the  usual 
accoutrements  of  the  soldier,  and  his  face  is  typical  of  southern  manhood. 

This  statue  is  true  to  nature  and  perfect  in  detail,  even  to  the 
placing  of  the  trousers  within  the  socks  to  guard  against  dust — a  com- 
mon practice  with  Confederate  infantry. 

The  figure  represents  the  soldier  after  the  surrender,  is  without  mili- 
tary arms,  very  impressive  in  its  silent  dignity,  easy  and  natural  in  its 
pose  and  readily  conveys  the  story  of  the  past. 

The  following  epic  poem  to  the  deceased  and  monumented  foe,  by 
L.  M.  Ennis,  Hist.  Vet.  Corps  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  is 
appropriately  quoted: 

VICTORIOUS  DEFEATS. 

No  chord  was  lost  whose  melody 

E're  cheered  a  heart  of  sorrow; 
No  cause  was  lost  when  patriots'  blood 

Gave  pledges  to  the  morrow. 

No  principle  was  ever  wrong, 

Tho'  oft  in  life  defeated; 
The  grandest  armies  men  have  seen, 

Have  from  the  field  retreated. 

The  might  of  power  has  ever  ruled 

In  great  or  lesser  measure; 
The  pure  have  died  in  poverty, 

While  vice  enjoyed  the  treasure. 

"The  battles  lost,  the  battles  won," 

No  matter  which  the  story; 
The  dead  have  paid  their  awful  price, 
The  living  gain  the  glory. 


BRONZE  PANELS  ON  THE  PEDESTAL  DIE. 


THE  CALL  TO  ARMS. 


A  VETERAN'S  RETURN  HOME. 


THE  PANELS. 

The  panel  on  the  east  represents  the  "Call  to  Arms"  at  the  beginning 
of  the  Confederacy  and  is  a  very  striking  scene,  one  that  relates  the 
story  at  a  glance.  Here  is  displayed  the  front  of  an  old  style  courthouse, 
with  the  numeral  1860  over  the  door.  On  one  side  of  the  door  a 
southern  volunteer  in  uniform  is  represented,  on  the  other  a  number  of 
persons  flocking  to  the  entrance  are  seen,  some  of  them  going  in. 
Figures  representing  men  in  various  conditions  of  life,  the  laborer, 
artisan  and  professional  man  are  depicted  as  they  are  hastening  from 
their  avocations,  encouraged  by  their  wives  and  daughters,  to  enroll 
themselves  beneath  the  southern  battle  cross,  for  the  "call"  has  gone 
forth  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  south  and  amid  wild  and 
sectional  enthusiasm  all  classes  rush  to  the  aid  of  their  country.  Many 
a  grizzled  veteran  gazing  at  this  sculptured  bronze  picture  in  these  later 
and  quieter  days  will  mentally  recall  the  beginning  of  the  arduous 
struggle,  which  has  no  parallel  in  history. 

The  panel  on  the  west  represents  an  extremely  pathetic  picture.  It 
is  the  return  of  the  soldier  to  his  home.  The  realism  thrown  into  this 
scene  is  wonderful.  In  the  foreground  of  the  medallion  is  an  unarmed 
Confederate  soldier  in  rude  and  picturesque  garb,  leaning  on  a  hickory 
staff  cut  on  his  way  returning  from  the  "front,"  whose  attitude  reveals 
deep  dejection.  He  is  gazing  upon  a  dismantled  log  cabin  and  sorrow- 
fully thinking  of  the  past.  The  broken  door  lies  extended  across  the 
deserted  threshold,  part  of  the  roof  has  been  carried  away  by  a  round 
shot,  wild  ivy  has  grown  up  and  run  over  a  corner,  and  the  house  of  his 
youth  is  a  ruin.  Solitude  is  pictured  everywhere,  and  even  the  birds 
are  seen  deserting  the  desolate  surroundings  of  the  soldier's  destroyed 
home.  Near  by  lies  a  discarded  cannon  and  war  debris,  and  the  sun, 
slowly  declining  in  the  west,  by  its  departing  rays  furnishes  an  appro- 
priate setting  to  the  picture,  and  lends  completion  to  the  idea  sought  to 
be  expressed  by  the  deft  hand  of  the  sculptor,  that  of  a  blighted  hope 
and  a  ruined  substance,  portraying  the  cause  that  is  lost. 

The  panel  on  the  south  side  of  the  "die"  is  entitled  "A  Soldier's 
Death  Dream,"  and  is  an  allegorical  picture,  representing  a  "private" 
who,  having  received  a  mortal  wound  on  the  field  of  battle,  has  crawled 
beneath  the  sheltering  branches  of  a  tree  to  die.  The  bronze  design 
further  represents  a  field  earthwork  and  stockade,  with  a  gun  silently 
frowning  through  an  embrazure,  and  a  dead  horse  lying  near  by.  The 


BRONZE  AND  GRANITE  PANELS  ON  THE  PEDESTAL  DIE. 


A  SOLDIER'S  DEATH  DREAM. 


THE  INSCRIPTION. 


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moonbeams  disclose  the  dismantled  fortification,  and  in  the  soft  half-light 
of  the  distance  a  battlefield  stretches  away.  The  wonderful  feat  of 
working  the  moonlight  into  this  scene  has  been  done  by  the  artist 
with  rare  accuracy.  The  deathly  stillness  of  the  after-battle  picture  is 
made  more  vivid  by  the  drooping  flag  and  the  night  effect  produced  by 
the  pale  rays  of  the  waning  moon,  shining  through  clouds,  and  the 
hovering  of  a  vampire  bat,  as  an  imaginary  ghoul,  over  the  hero  remains 
of  the  dead  soldier. 

On    the    north    face   the  following  inscription  is    worked    in  incised 
letters  upon  a  polished  granite  panel: 

ERECTED  TO  THE  MEMORY 

OF  THE 
SIX  THOUSAND  SOUTHERN  SOLDIERS 

HERE  BURIED, 
WHO  DIED  IN  CAMP  DOUGLAS  PRISON,    1862-5. 

All  the  panels,  bronzes  and  polished  granite,  are  exquisite  reproduc- 
tions of  the  photographs — even  to  representing  the  weather  stains. 


BENEATH   HALLOWED  SOD. 

The  Confederate  prisoners  dying  in  captivity  are  buried  'neath 
northern  sod.  "Side  by  side  they  sleep  the  sleep  that  knows  no  waking," 
away  from  home  and  kindred.  To  die  is  the  last  service  a  soldier  can 
render  his  country,  but  to  die  a  prisoner  in  a  hostile  land,  far  from  all 
endearing  associations,  lends  a  special  halo  to  his  heroism. 

The  breezy  call  of  incense-breathing  morn, 

The  swallow  twittering  from  the  straw-built  shed, 

The  cock's  shrill  clarion  or  the  echoing  horn, 

No  more  shall  rouse  them  from  their  lowly  bed. 

For  them,  no  more  the  blazing  hearth  shall  burn 

Or  busy  housewife  ply  her  evening  care, 
No  children  run  to  lisp  their  sire's  return 

Or  climb  his  knees,  the  envied  kiss  to  share. 

—  Thomas  Gray. 


DEDICATORY   EXERCISES. 

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COMMANDER  AND  COMPLIMENTARY  STAFF, 

CONFEDERATE  MEMORIAL  PARADE. 

ROSTER. 
No.  i.     MA]. -GEN.  JNO.  C.  UNDERWOOD,  Commanding. 

VOLUNTEER    STAFF. 

No.  2.  GEN.  JOS.  P.  ELLACOTT,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

No.  3.  GEN.  CHAS.  S.  BENTLEY,  Acting  Adjutant-General. 

No.  4.  REV.  JENKINS  LLOYD  JONES,  Acting  Chaplain-General. 

No.  5.  MR.  ALEX.  H.  REVELL,  Aid-de-Camp. 

No.  6.  CAPT.  MALCOM  McNEILL,  Aid-de-Camp  (detailed). 

No.  7.  MR.  CHAS.  U.  GORDON,  Aid-de-camp. 


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THE  COMPLIMENTARY  STAFF. 

The  gentlemen  forming  this  staff  volunteered  their  services,  were 
accepted,  and  took  part  (mounted)  in  the  Confederate  memorial  parade, 
from  the  Palmer  House,  along  Michigan  avenue,  to  the  Twelfth  street 
depot,  May  30,  1895,  for  which  service  appreciate  thanks  are  hereby 
proffered. 

BIOGRAPHIC  SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  STAFF. 

JOSEPH  PARNACOTT  ELLACOTT,  was  born  at  Hatherleigh,  England,  December  n,  1844; 
immigrated  to  Chicago  in  1854;  graduated  from  the  public  schools  and  National  Business  College. 

In  the  fall  of  1858,  although  not  old  enough  to  be  a  member,  he  drilled  with  the  Ellsworth  Zouaves. 

In  1862  he  organized  and  was  elected  captain  of  the  Union  Park  Home  Guards. 

In  the  fall  of  1864,  when  the  news  came  that  an  attempt  was  to  be  made  to  liberate  the  prisoners 
in  Camp  Douglas,  he  reported  his  command  to  Col.  Sweet,  the  commandant  of  the  prison,  for  active 
duty.  After  the  war  he  pursued  scientific  studies  and  became  a  mechanical  engineer.  He  was  super- 
intendent 'of  machinery  of  the  Inter  State  Industrial  exposition  in  1881  and  chief  engineer  of  the 
World's  Exposition  of  Railroad  Appliances  in  1883. 

He  was  one  of  the  early  advocates  for  a  military  branch  to  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  after  its  successful 
organization,  attained  the  rank  of  major-general,  as  a  reward  for  meritorious  service,  and  is  an  active, 
scientific,  broad  minded  man. 

CHARLES  S.  BENTLEY  was  born  in  Schoharie.  N.  Y.,  and  moved  to  La  Crosse,  Wis.  Enlisted 
in  Second  Wisconsin  cavalry,  October  10,  1861;  promoted  sergeant,  then  first  lieutenant,  and  became 
captain  of  his  company,  D,  July  4,  1864.  Served  as  aid  to  Gen.  E.  B.  Brown  at  the  second  battle  of 
Springfield,  Mo.,  and  was  recommended  for  promotion  "for  bravery  on  the  battlefield  "  Served  as 
acting  assistant  adjutant-general  at  the  battles  of  Prairie  Grove,  Ark.;  Newtonia,  Mo.,  and  the  raid  on 
Van  Buren,  Ark.,  and  was  appointed  acting  inspector  general  of  the  cavalry  brigade  at  Vicksburg. 

He  was  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service  in  February,  1865,  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

After  the  war  he  went  to  Iowa,  joined  and  served  seven  years  in  the  State  militia,  four  of  which 
as  brigadier-general,  commanding  the  Second  brigade.  He  commanded  the  Inter-State  military 
encampments  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  Nashville.  Tenn.,  and,  in  1885,  Camp  Drum,  at  Mobile,  Ala. 

He  moved  from  Dubuque,  Iowa,  to  Chicago,  where  he  is  now  in  business. 

JEN  KIN  LLOYD  JONES  is  a  Welshman  by  birth,  an  American  by  adoption  and  a  minister  of  the 
gospel  and  editor  by  cultivation  and  ability.  [See  his  "Biographic"  on  page  82]. 

ALEXANDER  H.  REVELL  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  January  6,  1858.  Educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  city  and  under  special  tutors.  He  began  his  business  career  as  a  poor  boy,  but  has  rapidly 
pushed  to  the  front,  and  is  to-day  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  and  most  successful  business  houses 
in  the  western  country. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  various  clubs  of  Chicago  and  takes  active  interest  in  all  public  matters;  and, 
though  never  a  candidate  for  public  office,  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board. 

He  is  a  self-made  man  in  the  truest  sense,  and  as  such  is  a  most  active  type  and  thorough 
representative  of  an  energetic,  determined  and  prosperous  business  man  of  Chicago. 

MALCOM  McNEILL  was  born  in  Kentucky,  October,  1846;  taken  by  his  father  to  his  plantation 
in  Mississippi,  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  at  the  age  of  15  years,  he  joined  "Henderson's  Scouts," 
a  noted  body  of  independent  cavalry,  and  afterward  the  Eighteenth  Mississippi  regiment  of  Forrest's 
cavalry,  C.  S.  A.;  was  in  many  engagements,  including  the  bloody  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  completed  his  education,  and  in  1868  commenced  mercantile  business  near  Grenada,  Miss., 
whence  he  moved  to  Chicago  in  1875  and  engaged  successfully  in  large  real  estate  transactions. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board,  chairman  of  the  board  of  control,  National  Real 
Estate  Association,  and  was  actively  engaged  relative  to  the  World's  Real  Estate  Congress  at  Chicago  in 
1893.  He  was  captain  and  aid-de-camp  to  Gen.  Chas.  Fitz-Simons,  First  brigade,  I.  N.  G.,  1883-1888;  acted 
as  brigade  quartermaster  in  1884,  and  took  part  in  quelling  strikes  of  that  period. 

He  is  one  of  Chicago's  energetic  business  men  and  enjoys  the  respect  of  his  associates. 

CHARLES  ULYSSES  GORDON,  was  born  in  Dunlap,  Peoria  county,  111.,  April  3,  1865,  and 
obtained  his  early  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  in  and  near  the  place  of  his  birth.  He  was 
appointed  a  cadet  to  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  but  owing  to  ill  health,  resigned,  and  after- 
ward graduated  at  Bryant's  College  and  studied  law  in  Chicago,  where  he  went  in  1881. 

He  at  first  engaged  with  several  large  manufacturing  firms,  afterward  entered  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness, in  1885,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board  and  served  as  its  secretary  for  one  year. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Chicago.  Athletic  and  Marquette  clubs,  and  is  the  present 
president  of  the  latter;  is  a  prominent  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Art  Institute  and  Civic  Federation;  and. 
as  one  of  the  leading  young  Republicans  of  Chicago,  takes  a  prominent  part  in  local,  state  and  national 
politics;  is  of  the  most  active  type  of  Chicago's  energetic  young  business  men,  liberal  in  his  views  and 
ever  ready  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  city.  Member  of  First  regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  in  1883  and 
has  held  several  positions  of  military  honor. 


May  29-31,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

M.  L.  C.  Funkhouser  was  born  January  17,  1864.  at  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  and  educated  in  the  St.  Louis  High  school. 

At  the  age  of  17  he  commenced  active  business  in  St  Louis,  and  afterward  went  to  New  Orleans  where  he  remained  a  short 
while,  and  then,  returning  to  St.  Louis,  he  was  engaged  commercially  there  until  1884,  when  he  moved  to  Chicago.  Shortly 
after  reaching  Chicago  he  entered  the  office  of  Geo.  W.  Montgomery  &  Co.,  which  firm  becoming  general  agents  of  the 
Fidelity  and  Casualty  Company  for  the  west  in  1886,  he  was  made  assistant  general  agent  in  1888;  and  later,  was 
promoted  to  one  of  the  general  agencies  and  admitted  to  partnership  in  both  the  local,  fire  and  general  agency  business 
and  is  a  thorough  and  most  active  business  man. 

He  was  five  years  lieutenant  of  the  Chicago  Hussars;  two  years  captain  of  the  Chicago  City  Troop,  now  Troop  "C,"  I.  N.  G., 
which  position  he  still  holds  He  takes  great  interest  in  military  affairs,  has  a  commanding,  soldierly  appearance  and  is 
an  affable,  courteous  gentleman. 


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CONFEDERATE  MEMORIAL  PARADE. 

[Compiled  from  Inspection  and  Reports.] 

Decoration  Day  in  Chicago  was  like  nothing  in  the  history  of  nations. 
It  sent  in  the  same  line  the  victor  and  the  vanquished,  each  with  gar- 
lands for  its  own  army  of  dead,  with  the  uncounted  thousands  from  the 
heart  of  the  city  to  Oakwoods,  cheering  for  the  memory  of  heroes,  of 
friend  or  foe. 

It  was  the  first  time  since  the  first  shot  that  warriors  from  the  north 
and  cavaliers  from  the  south  forgot  entirely  revengeful  bitterness  and  en- 
gaged in  such  a  public  demonstration  of  unity.  It  marked  an  epoch.  The 
multitudes  heard  upon  the  same  winds  plaudits  for  the  men  who  died  for 
their  country  and  the  yell  which  led  the  hardest  and  bravest  enemy  that 
ever  faced  fire. 

It  was  this  unique  feature  that  brought  to  the  city  a  crowd  which 
barely  found  standing  room  in  the  stretch  of  territory  reserved  for  the 
ceremony.  The  streets  began  to  fill  shortly  after  sunrise,  the  visitors 
and  townspeople,  the  dwellers  above  and  below  the  line  between  here 
and  Dixie,  gathering  to  witness  the  spectacle — a  scene  not  possible 
in  any  other  land  that  knows  the  sun.  They  climbed  into  points  of  van- 
tage, into  balconies  and  windows,  swarmed  about  the  sides  of  the  boule- 
vards and  into  the  cemetery,  long  before  the  roaring  guns  on  the  lake 
front  belched  the  starting  signal. 

This  host  grew  in  rapid  thousands  with  each  hour,  pushing,  jamming, 
scrambling  for  positions.  It  was  equal  to  the  scenes  of  World's  Fair 
fetes,  and  when  the  commander  with  his  staff  tried  to  leave  the  Palmer 
House  to  begin  the  famous  march  he  found  Monroe  street  in  possession 
of  men  and  women  bound  to  welcome  the  forgiven  enemy.  Policemen 
begged  and  then  belabored  the  front  rows  of  people,  persistent  in  their 
determination  to  see  at  close  range  the  distinguished  Confederate 
leaders. 

The  parlors  and  corridors  of  the  Palmer  House  presented  an  animated 
scene.  The  Confederate  party  was  to  have  left  the  hotel  for  the  Twelfth 
street  depot  at  8:00  a.  m.,  but  owing  to  the  late  hour  at  which  they  left 
the  banquet  few  of  them  were  ready  at  that  hour. 

Instead  of  8:00  a.  m.  it  was  9:30  a.  m.  when  the  march  to  the  depot 
began.  City  Troop  men  were  lined  across  the  way,  with  swords  at 
a  "present."  It  was  a  slow  task  to  start.  There  was  no  space  for  the 
parade,  but,  turning  their  horses  into  the  throng,  the  cavalry  detachment 


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opened  a  space  to  Michigan  boulevard,  and  the  first  procession  of  southern 
soldiers  in  a  northern  city  was  under  way.  The  formation  of  the  column 
was  as  follows:  First,  a  platoon  of  police  commanded  by  Lieut.  Hayes 
second,  the  Chicago  City  Troop,  Capt.  Funkhouser,  as  escort;  Gen.  Under- 
wood and  staff,  mounted,  and  fifteen  carriages  containing  the  Confeder- 
ate visitors  and  other  guests.  The  first  carriage  contained  Gen.  Long- 
street  and  his  family;  the  second,  Gen.  Hampton,  Gen.  S.  D.  Lee,  Col. 
Belknapand  Mr.  E.  F.  Lawrence;  Senator  Butler  and  Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee 
occupied  the  third  carriage.  Other  carriages  contained  Gen.  H.  A. 
Wheeler  and  staff  of  the  Illinois  National  Guard,  the  remainder  of  the 
guests  and  the  committee.  The  column  moved  down  State  street  to 
Adams  street,  east  to  Michigan  avenue,  and  south  to  the  depot. 

Gen.  Orendorff,  Gen.  H.  Kyd  Douglas,  Maj.  Robt.  W.  Hunter  and 
Messrs.  Malcom  McNeill  and  F.  V.  Robinson  chaperoned  Misses  Eliza 
Washington,  Isabelle  Armstrong,  Margaret  Cox,  Virginia  and  Laura 
Mitchell,  the  young  ladies  delegated  to  ring  the  Columbian  liberty  bell. 
The  party  proceeded  the  procession  to  a  point  on  Michigan  avenue,  near 
the  Leland  Hotel  where  the  liberty  bell,  mounted  on  a  wagon  drawn  by 
four  horses,  occupied  the  entire  center  of  the  roadway.  The  young 
ladies  alighted  from  the  carriages  and,  taking  the  rope  in  their  hands, 
rang  out  thirteen  strokes,  while  the  masses  of  people  who  had  gathered 
on  the  lake  front  to  witness  the  ceremony,  cheered  vociferously. 

Scarcely  had  the  echo  of  the  last  stroke  died  away  when  the  cannon 
of  Russell's  artillery  thundered  forth  a  national  salute  of  forty-four  guns 
in  acknowledgment  of  a  reunited  country  and  welcome  to  the  southern 
men  and  women  who  had  come  north  to  honor  their  dead  and  strew  the 
graves  of  two  armies  with  sweet  flowers  from  Dixie  land.  Battery  D 
drawn  up  so  as  to  present  its  full  strength  near  the  Art  Institute  on 
Lake  Front  park,  never  appeared  to  better  advantage,  and,  unsurpassed 
as  a  national  guard  organization,  its  war-like  appearance  and  the  boom 
of  its  guns  so  inspired  the  military  chieftains,  as  they  passed  its  battery 
front,  that  they  called  attention  to  such  battle  music  as  a  fitting  intro- 
duction to  the  after  ceremonies  at  the  graves.  The  parade  continued 
along  Michigan  avenue  to  the  Twelfth  street  depot,  and  the  desire  of 
the  populace  to  be  gracious  was  manifested  from  its  first  appearance 
throughout  the  entire  line  of  march.  Capt.  Russell's  battery  was 
ringing  the  echoes  on  the  shore,  but  high  above  this  din  and  the  clatter 
of  cavalry  hoofs  people  shouted  good  cheer  to  Longstreet,  Hampton 
and  the  Lees.  They  lifted  their  hats  in  honor  of  the  generals,  each 
bearing  on  an  arm  that  knows  a  saber  swing  some  fair  daughter  of  the 
land  of  fairest  women,  and  each  received  the  clamorous  reception  by 
chivalric  acknowledgment. 


May  30,    1895. 

BIOGRAPHIC: 

Alfred  Russell  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  April  7,  1836;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  city,  and  went  to 
Chicago  in  April,  1855. 

He  engaged  in  active  business  and  finally  became  established  on  South  Water  street,  where  he  has  been  a  successful  merchant 
and  financier  for  thirty  years. 

Possessing  a  natural  taste  for  the  profession  at  arms,  he  joined  the  Chicago  Veteran  Light  Artillery  organized  January  19,  1878, 
now  "D"  Battery  Light  Artillery,  I.  N.  G.,  and  was  elected  and  commissioned  junior  second  lieutenant  November  27,  1880, 
and  re-elected  for  three  terms:  was  promoted  first  lieutf-nant  February  17,  1894;  commissioned  captain  July  7,  1894,  and  is 
now  major  First  Battalion  Liaht  Artillery.  I.  N.  G.  The  high  standing,  perfect  discipline  and  general  excellence  of 
"Battery  D,"  is,  in  the  main,  due  to  his  powers  of  organization,  martial  spirit  and  gre'4t  exe"utive  ability. 

He  is  a  very  prominent  thirty-third  degree  Freemason,  having  been  commander-in-chief  of  Oriental  Consistory  1885-7  and 
grand  treasur  er  of  the  Illinois  Council  of  Deliberation. 


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The  greatest  curiosity  was  exhibited  in  regard  to  the  most  prominent 
southerners.  Every  one  who  could  point  them  out  had  a  crowd  of 
people  around  him  who  seemed  thankful  for  the  information.  Some  of 
the  hotels  on  the  line  of  march  were  decorated  with  flags  hung  on  the 
front,  and  the  flags  on  the  flag-staffs  were  at  half-mast.  At  the  depot 
the  police  and  City  Troop  wheeled  into  line  and  Capt.  Funkhouser 
caused  his  command  to  give  military  honors  to  the  distinguished 
personages  as  they  passed.  The  transfer  from  carriages  to  the  train 
and  the  trip  to  Sixtieth  street  were  accomplished  smoothly  and  agreeably. 

At  Sixtieth  street,  when  the  visitors  left  the  train,  they  took  carriages 
again,  and  from  that  point  were  escorted  by  the  Black  Hussars,  Capt. 
T.  S.  Quincey,  commanding,  to  Oakwoods  cemetery,  the  first  part  of  the 
drive  being  on  the  Midway  Plaisance.  At  every  point  of  their  pro- 
gress they  saw  solid  columns  of  people  moving  along  the  streets  toward 
the  same  spot,  sj  that  after  they  had  passed  through  the  cemetery  gates, 
where  The  ex-Confederate  Association,  Maj.  B.  F.  Jenkins,  command- 
ing, stood  with  uncovered  heads  to  welcome  them,  they  were  not 
surprised  to  find  that  a  throng  of  100,000  people  had  preceded  them 
and  captured  everything,  except  the  speakers'  stand,  that  would  afford 
a  view  of  the  proceedings,  not  excepting  eligible  branches  of  the  trees. 
When  the  head  of  th^  column  arrived  it  was  impossible  to  get  near 
the  iron  gates  as  the  news  spread  that  the  famous  soldiers  of  the  'Most 
cause  "  were  coming.  Women  and  men  struggled  with  one  and  another 
in  attempts  to  be  close  spectators.  A  committee  representing  The  ex- 
Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  and  ladies  had  previously  taken 
charge  of  the  floral  decorations  and,  so  distributed  the  many  carloads  of 
plants  and  flowers  sent  from  the  south,  that  palms,  magnolias,  jasmines 
and  tropic  creepers  had  m  ide  the  Confederate  sacred  three  acres  like  a 
nook  in  a  planter's  garden.  Laurel  wreaths  marked  the  concentric 
trenches  in  which  the  bones  of  the  brave  southerners  lie  side  by  side, 
with  beautiful  lilies  and  palmettos  drooping  over  them  in  groups  of 
hundreds.  The  sighing  poplars  held  festoons  of  the  vines,  and  hanging 
mosses  of  the  south;  while  roses  and  magnolia  buds  and  blossoms 
covered  the  sod  of  the  leveled  mounds. 

Approaching  the  government  lot,  the  Black  Hussars  swept  into  sight 
and  following  them  came  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  and  the 
guests  of  the  day.  To  the  right  and  the  left  fell  the  crowd,  and  the  men 
who,  in  their  half  undress  uniforms  still  preserved  memoiies  of  old  days, 
were  given  the  place  of  honor. 

The  speakers  were  conducted  to  the  platform,  and  were  followed  by 
the  representatives  of  the  south,  men  and  women;  and  there,  to  meet 
them,  were  many  of  Chicago's  most  prominent  citizens. 


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Most  of  these  gentlemen  were  accompanied  by  ladies,  who  were 
gowned  exquisitely.  Many  of  the  younger  of  the  southern  girls  were  in 
white;  those  who  were  not,  wore  soft  gray  or  black.  Many  people  had 
expected  to  see  Gen.  Lee  and  others  in  some  sort  of  uniform,  and  felt 
aggrieved  that  the  only  bit  of  bright  color  on  the  platform  was  made  by 
the  splendid  uniforms  of  Gen.  Wheeler  and  his  staff  and  the  Columbia 
Post,  which,  after  decorating  the  graves  of  comrades,  assembled  near 
the  monument. 

While  the  speakers  and  guests  were  assembling  on  the  grand  stand 
the  military  band  discoursed  appropriate  selections;  and  after  the  music 
ceased  the  ceremonies  were  commenced  with  the  following: 


INTRODUCTORY    REMARKS 

By  GEN.   JOHN  C.   UNDERWOOD 

"Fellow   Citizens: 

"It  becomes  my  duty  on  this  occasion  to  officially  explain  the  objects 
of  this  movement  toward  monumenting  the  prison  dead  of  a  lost  cause, 
which  I  shall  endeavor  to  do  plainly  and  briefly  by  the  following 
statement  of  facts: 

"The  close  of  the  civil  war  of  1861-65  found  the  south  destitute  of 
almost  everything  save  the  manhood  of  the  few  surviving  men  and  the 
purity  of  its  women.  Principles  of  the  past  and  desires  for  the  future 
were  submerged  by  the  mighty  sea  of  necessity  under  a  motto  of  "To 
do,"  to  meet  and  solve  the  immediate  problem  of  life.  Therefore,  for 
the  time,  the  proper  caring  for  the  dead  and  monumenting  heroism  had 
to  be  put  aside  for  the  sterner  need  of  making  bread  and  obtaining  other 
physical  requirements,  but  the  heart  pulsation  to  honor  the  buried 
remains  of  a  soldiery  that  could  do  and  die  existed.  When  times  became 
better  and  the  natural  resources  of  the  southland  enabled  it  to  bloom 
and  blossom,  its  people  began  to  care  for  their  hero  dead,  and  the  flame 
that  was  formerly  latent  burned  into  an  active  desire  to  erect  tributes  to 
the  sleepers  of  the  "sixties." 

"This  germ  grew  to  such  an  extent  that  an  organization  was  effected 
among  the  battle-scarred  soldiery  of  the  south,  known  as  the  United 
Confederate  Veterans,  and  the  little  body  of  ex-Confederates  who  had 
previously  formed  themselves  into  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of 
Chicago  merged  into  Camp  No.  8,  United  Confederate  Veterans.  The 
said  ex- Confederate  association  was  born  out  of  the  desire  of  its  members 


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to  monument  the  prison  dead  here  buried,  after  the  funeral  of  Gen. 
U.  S.  Grant,  for  the  part  taken  therein  by  the  Confederates  of  highest 
standing  caused  the  Chicago  contingent  to  believe  that  it  might  be 
allowed  to  erect  a  monument  over  the  thousands  of  southerners  beneath 
this  sod.  Consequently  permission  was  obtained  from  the  secretary  of 
war  during  President  Arthur's  administration  and  the  good  work  was 
begun.  The  first  fund  raised  for  the  purpose  was  about  $1,400,  the  net 
proceeds  from  a  lecture  delivered  in  Chicago  by  Senator  John  B.  Gordon 
of  Georgia,  now  the  president  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans;  and 
when  I  came  to  Chicago  and  joined  the  local  association  in  1891,  accept- 
ing the  appointment  as  a  committee  of  one  to  raise  funds  and  erect  a 
monument  over  the  Camp  Douglas  prison  dead,  I  received  the  money 
from  the  Gordon  lecture  with  interest,  amounting  to  over  $1,500,  as  a 
nucleus  upon  which  to  build.  After  years  of  solicitation  I  was  so  far  suc- 
cessful as  to  add  to  the  fund  several  thousand  dollars,  and  then  designed 
and  contracted  for  the  erection  of  this  monument,  submitting  my  plans 
to  and  receiving  instructions  directly  from  the  United  States  army 
officers,  having  military  control  of  the  government  plot  on  which  it 
stands.  Three-fourths  of  the  money  was  subscribed  by  the  liberal 
citizens  of  Chicago,  the  other  quarter  having  been  donated  in  varying 
small  amounts  from  a  hundred  or  more  camps  of  the  United  Confederate 
Veterans  in  the  south. 

"After  the  successful  erection  of  the  memorial  structure  in  July,  1893, 
I  determined  to  secure  an  appropriate  donation  of  ordnance  from  the 
government,  and  accordingly  on  application  to  Congress,  through  the 
instrumentality  of  Senator  Gordon,  got  a  bill  passed  through  the  United 
States  Senate  appropriating  four  cannon,  shot  and  shell  to  ornament 
these  grounds.  The  Senate  bill  failed  to  be  reported  by  the  military 
committee  of  the  house  through  the  first  to  the  last  days  of  the  second 
session  of  the  late  Congress,  when  upon  my  personal  applicatibn  to  the 
house  committee  it  was  unanimously  approved,  presented  to  and  passed 
the  house  without  objection,  and  the  act  was  approved  by  the  President  on 
January  25,  1895.  In  securing  the  cannon  from  the  war  department 
Gen.  D.  W.  Flagler,  the  chief  of  ordnance,  United  States  army,  by 
his  activity  and  research  very  kindly  enabled  me  to  obtain  guns  with  a 
battle  record,  and  consequently  the  battery  here  presented  is  of  such 
renown  as  to  make  it  a  fit  accessory  to  a  monument  for  heroism,  such 
as  was  displayed  by  the  private  soldiers  here  interred,  shown  by  their 
fortitude,  firmness  and  bravery  even  unto  death.  From  careful  investi- 
gation it  appears  that  over  6,000  Confederate  soldiers  died  in  Douglas 
prison  and  are  here  buried  in  concentric  trenches  which  cover  nearly  the 


entire  three -acre  plot,  there  being  4,317  names  on  the  registers  of  the 
cemetery  and  over  400  additional  on  the  mortuary  lists  in  the  war 
department  at  Washington  of  those  who  died  with  smallpox,  thereby 
making  the  recorded  dead  more  than  4,700,  to  which  should  be  added 
some  1,500,  the  record  of  whom  was  either  burned  or  lost. 

"Mr.  Farwell,  now  deceased,  the  former  president  of  Oakwoods 
Cemetery  Association,  stated  to  me  the  fact  regarding  the  missing  regis- 
ter, and  therefore  the  interments  can  in  round  numbers  be  safely  placed 
at  6,000.  In  addition  to  the  Confederate  prisoners  sleeping  here  are 
twelve  Federal  soldiers,  who,  as  prison  guards  dying  with  smallpox, 
were  buried  with  the  Confederates.  The  remains  of  this  soldiery  were 
first  interred  near  the  prison  inclosures,  afterward  exhumed  and  conveyed 
across  the  city  at  night  to  Lincoln  park,  where  after  a  limited  sleep  the 
6,000  were  again  disinterred,  brought  back  at  night  and  trenched  in  this 
lot  purchased  by  the  government  for  the  special  purpose. 

"The  government  lot  was  for  many  years  covered  by  a  thicket  of 
undergrowth  and  trees.  .The  concentric  mounds  of  the  trench-graves 
were  first  decorated  with  flowers  by  Col.  C.  R.  E.  Koch  and  two  Grand 
Army  posts  of  Chicago  and  Englewood  in  1876,  and  ever  since  have 
received  attention  at  the  hands  of  brave  men.  In  monumenting  these 
remains  the  ex-Confederate  element  and  the  contributing  citizens  of 
Chicago  materially  expressed  the  desire  to  honor  the  heroism  of  a 
soldiery  that  possessed  sufficient  courage  and  determination  to  endure 
the  hardships  of  military  confinement,  culminating  in  death;  and  which, 
by  such  fortitude  enriched  history  with  the  character  of  a  people,  whose 
private  soldiers,  even  under  most  trying  circumstances  gave  life  to  their 
cause.  These  are  the  facts,  and  it  is  for  others  to  enlarge  and  orate 
thereon. 

"In  recognition  of  the  liberal  element  of  the  former  opposing  forces, 
I  have  selected  a  man  to  preside  on  this  occasion  who  is  the  embodiment 
of  honor,  justice  and  moralit)',  a  broad  representative  of  the  Union 
veteran,  a  humanitarian  and  Christian  gentleman.  I  now  have  the 
pleasure  and  honor  to  place  in  the  ceremonial  chair  the  Rev.  H.  W. 
Bolton,  pastor  of  the  Centenary  Methodist  church  and  past  commander 
of  U.  S.  Grant  Post  No.  28,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic." 


REV.  K.  W.  BOLTON, 

OAKWOODS   CEMETERY,    MAY    3O,    1895. 


May  29-31,    1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Horace  Wilbert  Bolton  was  born  at  Orrington,  Me.,  in  1839;  received  a  liberal  education;   enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  in 

1862;  served  through  the  civil  war  and  was  discharged  in  1865. 

Began  to  study  for  theministry  in  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  1865;  ordained  deacon  in  1869,  and  elder  in  1871. 
Filled  several  prominent  pulpits    in  New  England,  viz:    Park  Street    church,   Lewiston,  Me.:  Trinity  church.  Charleston,  and 
First  church,  Boston,  and  was  transferred  to  First  church,  Chicago,  in  1885,  pastor  Centenary  church,    Chicago,  in   1890, 

and  South  Park  Ave.,  church,  Chicago,  1895. 

Author  of   "  Home  and  Social  Life,"    "  Patriotism,"    "  Souls'  Cry,"    "  Fallen  Heroes,"    "  Reminiscences  of  the  War,"  and 

"  America's  Next  War." 
Chairman  of  the  Ceremonies  Dedicating  Confederate  Monument,  Chicago,   May  30,  1895. 


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ADDRESS. 

By  REV.   H.   W:   BOLTON,   D.D. 

"Gen.  John   C.    Underwood,  Gentlemen,   Comrades  and  Friends: 

"In  accepting  this  honored  position  I  cannot  refrain  from  saying  a 
word.  Never  in  the  history  of  any  people  were  so  many  distinguished 
ex-officers  of  contending  forces  brought  together  for  the  purpose  of 
dedicating  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  heroic  dead.  It 
is  truly  an  auspicious  occasion,  for  which  we  are  indebted  to  Gen. 
John  C.  Underwood,  whose  untiring  devotion  and  persistent  effort  to 
cement  in  fraternal  bond  the  two  sectional  elements  of  the  general 
country  is  without  a  parallel.  Blessed  is  that  man  or  people  who  com- 
memorate the  valor,  courage,  loyalty  and  conviction  of  men,  for  in 
biographical  history  is  stored  all  that  renders  it  valuable.  Drop 
the  names  of  a  few  men  from  Egyptian  history  and  it  would  be 
read  no  more.  Greece  is  indebted  to  the  lives  of  Phidias  and  Socrates 
for  its  preservation  and  place  in  history.  In  the  study  of  their  lives 
and  times  we  may  learn  all  that  is  of  value  to  the  student.  So  with 
all  kingdoms  and  republics.  To-day  we  stand  with  comrades  at  the 
graves  that  are  not  simply  houses  for  the  dead,  but  vaults  in  which  the 
Nation's  power,  fame  and  glory  is  stored.  Thirty  years  have  swept  over 
these  graves,  the  dust  of  wasting  forms,  and  yet  they  are  centers  of 
sufficient  power  to  arrest  a  nation  in  its  march  and  call  a  generation, 
born  since  they  were  made,  from  home,  hothouse  and  conservatory, 
hillside  and  valley  with  flowers  gathered,  selected,  arranged  and  trans- 
ported for  the  decoration  of  the  sacred  dead.  Every  heart  in  this 
broad  land  is  made  broader  and  more  patriotic  by  the  services  of  this 
day  in  this  place.  If  there  were  no  words  spoken  or  songs  sung,  an 
hour  among  the  dead  who  gave  up  life  for  convictions,  with  muffled 
tread  and  silent  prayer  would  impress  us  with  a  sense  of  that  self-sacrifice 
which  is  most  sacred  to  a  nation's  well-being.  None  can  move  among 
the  disembodied  spirits  of  such  men  without  being  inspired  for  better 
service.  We  come  not  as  the  soldiers  of  Grecian  and  Roman  armies, 
but  as  brothers  of  one  country.  We  have  had  trouble,  'tis  true,  and 
every  thinking  people  will  have.  We  entertained  different  ideas 
relative  to  government  and  polity- -ideas  that  begot  convictions  resulting 
in  war,  but  we  fought,  not  to  destroy  but  to  maintain,  and  now  that  the 
Union  is  preserved  and  all  men,  north  and  south,  cheerfully  accept  the 


I  10 

results,  support  the  government  and  obey  the  constitution,  why  should 
we  be  enemies  or  keep  up  a  line  of  defense?  Some  months  ago  an 
American  lady  traveling  in  Europe  was  invited  to  visit  the  British 
Museum  and  on  entering  the  room  where  the  relics  of  American  history 
are  stored,  the  lady  said  to  her  guest,  '  I  suppose  you  would  like  to 
see  the  flag  we  captured  at  Bunker  Hill?'  'Oh,  no,'  said  the  American 
lady,  'I  am  not  particular  about  that,  we  have  the  hill  I  believe,  and 
you're  quite  welcome  to  the  flag.'  So  to-day  we  have  the  Union,  and 
you  have  the  Union,  and  we  are  sons  of  the  patriots  who  knelt  upon 
these  wild  and  inhospitable  shores  to  consecrate  America  to  freedom 
and  to  God. 

"Amid  the  storm  they  sang, 

And  the  stars  heard  and  the  sea, 
And  the  sounding  depths  of  the  deep  woods  rang 
To  the  anthem  of  the  free. 

"  It  is  now  too  late  for  us  to  say  what  ought  to  have  been  done  or  what 
could  have  been  done.  All  of  those  questions  have  been  settled  in  the 
lapse  of  time.  A  generation  has  been  born  and  bred  since  we  shook 
hands  and  threw  down  our  arms;  a  thousand  interests  claim  our  attention 
that  have  been  developed  since  the  war,  and  there  remains  but  one 
thing  for  us  to  do,  and  that  is  well  expressed  in  the  couplet  of  an 
old  hymn: 

"To  serve  the  present  age; 

My  calling  to  fulfill, 
Oh,  may  it  all  my  powers  engage, 
To  do  my  Master's  will. 

"Those  born  since  the  close  of  the  war  are  now  in  the  majority  and 
must  be  impressed  with  the  spirit  of  the  survivors.  If  it  be  magnanimous, 
they  will  be  inspired  with  that  patriotism  and  loyalty  which  the  conflict 
developed,  and  I  verily  believe  that  no  heroic  sacrifice  is  ever  lost,  and 
that  the  characters  of  men  are  moulded  and  inspired  by  what  they 
inherit,  and  by  the  interests  they  adopt  and  maintain.  How  much  this 
country  is  indebted  to  the  war  of  1861  and  1865  no  man  can  tell. 
Emigration  began  to  take  on  its  cosmopolitan  features  about  the  time 
of  our  trouble;  emigrants  from  all  parts  of  the  world  came  among  us, 
bringing  the  traditions  and  prejudices  and  national  peculiarities  of  the 
whole  earth.  Many  of  them  entered  the  Army  of  the  United  States  as 
Englishmen,  Irishmen,  Scotchmen,  Germans  and  Frenchmen,  but  such 
as  survived  came  out  of  the  war  Americans.  I  have  heard  the  stubborn 


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Englishman,    the    heroic    Scotchman,    the    enthusiastic    Irishman, 
hearty  German  and  the  fun-loving  Frenchman  join  in  singing 

"My  country  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty, 
Of  thee  I  sing. 

as  lustily  as  though  they  had  all  been  born  and  reared  on  these  shores. 
"As  true  Americans  we  ought  to  enter  into  the  service  of  this  day  with 
the  same  enthusiasm  that  characterized  the  days  of  enlistment,  organiza- 
tion and  conflict.  Turning  from  the  busy  marts  let  us  hasten  to  the 
mountains,  whose  rugged  brows  offer  flowers,  and  decorate  the  graves 
with  a  spirit  so  catholic  as  not  to  be  influenced  by  any  distinction,  geo- 
graphical, political  or  religious.  Leaving  the  blasts  of  war  we  hasten  to 
praise  God  for  the  past  and  pray  that  peace  and  good  will  may  fill  all 
hearts  and  homes.  Standing  here  on  this  beautiful  rose-bedded  earth 
beneath  a  smiling  heaven,  let  us  seek  Him  who  gave  Himself  for  us  and 
now  waits  with  unselfish  devotion  to  bless  all  men  everywhere.  Like 
Him  who  scatters  the  flowers  at  the  hand  of  the  wind  on  all,  may  we 
lose  all  that  is  selfish  and  unkind,  in  remembering  the  dead  who  suffered 
and  sacrificed  in  the  conflict.  They  suffered  many  days  of  weariness  and 
pain,  shall  we  not  spend  one  day  out  of  the  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
in  respect  to  their  memory?  Can  we  be  true  to  our  manhood  and 
withhold?  It  is  only  doing  what  we  wish  others  to  do  unto  us.  There 
is  an  inherent  desire  in  every  soul  to  be  remembered.  What  mean  the 
mounds  of  Mexico,  and  the  far  west?  The  well  tombs  of  Peru?  The 
memorials  of  Palestine  and  the  songs  of  the  poets?  The  mariner  flings 
his  farewell  kiss  with  a  'Remember  me;'  the  soldier  wrote  in  his  blood, 
'Remember  me;'  so  say  we 

"Death  shall  not  claim  the  immortal  mind, 

Let  earth  close  o'er  its  sacred  trust, 
Yet  Goodness  dies  not  in  the  dust. 

"Our  Divine  Lord  silenced  the  murmuring  throng  at  his  anointing 
with  words  of  commendation  co-extensive  with  the  gospel  preached,  and 
He  established  a  memorial  service  to  perpetuate  His  own  memory 
throughout  time.  In  view  of  this  law  of  desire,  history  has  been  and  is 
being  written,  for  this  the  halls  and  galleries  are  filled  with  familiar 
faces  and  forms,  and  in  obedience  to  this  claim  we  come  here  with  music 
and  flowers  to  say  to  our  comrades,  'We  remember  thee;  thou  shalt 
never  be  forgotten.'  To-day  we  unveil  this  monument  and  dedicate  it 


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to  the  memory  of  the  brave  men  who  died  in  our  city  while  prisoners  of 
war  and  who  are  buried  in  our  midst — men  who  were  as  true  to  their 
convictions  and  as  loyal  to  their  leaders  as  any  class  of  men  that  ever 
put  on  the  uniform,  listened  to  the  bugle  call  or  marched  to  battle.  In 
this  we  do  not  commemorate  the  cause  for  which  they  fought,  or 
encourage  any  feeling  of  devotion  to  that  Confederacy  which  surrendered 
at  Appomattox  in  1865.  Nor  is  there  any  man  here  who  desires  to  have 
it  commemorated,  nay,  our  brothers  received  at  the  hand  of  Ulysses 
Grant  their  arms  and  horses  with  the  exhortation,  '  Let  us  have  peace, 
for  we  are  brothers!  '  They  have  been,  and  are,  true,  loyal  and 
devoted  citizens  of  the  United  States.  To-day  we  are  one  with  a  deeper 
sympathy,  grander  brotherhood  and  a  diviner  ministry  than  could  have 
been  but  for  the  late  war. 

"As  we  turn  from  the  past  to  grapple  with  the  priceless  commodities 
left  us,  let  us  remember  that  to  have  lived  in  the  nineteenth  century  in 
America  will  be  an  awful  account  to  meet  in  the  roll-call  of  eternity. 
There  are  65,000,000  free  spirits  to  be  educated  and  directed  in  view  of 
perpetuating  the  glory  we  have  inherited.  It  is  one  thing  to  subdue 
the  wild  prairies  and  forests,  employ  the  tides,  marshal  the  wealth, 
distribute  the  revenue  and  control  the  energies  of  a  country,  but 
it  is  another  thing  to  utilize  them  in  developing  the  resources  of  an 
inexhaustible  storehouse.  To  turn  $1,754,000,000  from  the  tide  of 
sorrow,  waste  and  death  into  the  channels  of  enterprise  and  prosperity 
and  open  the  gates  of  the  whole  world  to  our  manufacturing  interests  is 
not  an  easy  thing  to  do,  and  if  we  are  to  so  assimilate  the  national 
peculiarities  now  represented  in  this  country  as  to  strengthen  the  body 
politic  and  preserve  our  republican  institutions,  we  must  be  brothers. 
The  socialistic  problems  of  the  day,  the  financial  questions  of  the  hour, 
demand  the  hearty  co-operation  of  all  true  lovers  of  American  liberty, 
and  if  we  would  be  true  to  the  sacred  dead  we  must  bring  to  these 
questions  our  best  service,  for  liberty  must  go  on — God  hath  ordered 
its  flight.  An  eminent  countryman  once  said:  'Stop  the  march  of 
liberty!  As  well  might  the  boys  of  Boston  mount  the  state  house 
steeple  on  a  lustrous  night  and  call  on  the  stars  to  stop  in  their  course. 
Gently  but  irresistibly  the  greater  and  lesser  Bear  move  around  the  pole, 
Orion  with  his  mighty  train  comes  up  the  sky,  and  the  Bull,  the 
Heavenly  Twins,  the  Crab,  the  Lion,  the  Maid,  the  Scales,  and  all  that 
shining  company  pursue  their  heavenly  march  night  and  day.  The 
urchins  in  their  lofty  places  grow  tired,  sleepy,  and  ashamed,  while 


j*< 

Liberty  moves   steadily  onward.'     While  it  moves,  comrades,  brothers, 
so  live  that  you  may  increase  the  honor  of  those 

"On  fame's  eternal  camping  ground, 

Who  their  silent  tents  have  spread, 
While  glory  guards  with  solemn  round 
The  bivouac  of  the  dead. 

"Having  been  invested  with  the  chair,  it  is  fitting  to  begin  the 
ceremonies  with  divine  invocation,  and  with  that  view  I  now  introduce 
to  you  the  distinguished  chaplain  of  the  Kentucky  'Orphan  Brigade' 
of  the  Confederate  States  army— Rev.  Joseph  Desha  Pickett. " 

PRAYER. 

By  REV.  JOSEPH  DESHA  PICKETT. 

"Almighty  God,  Lawgiver  and  Judge  of  all  the  earth!  Our  Father 
which  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  Thy  name! 

"We  thank  Thee  for  all  Thy  mercies  unto  this  favored  land  and  we 
humbly  beseech  Thee  to  bless  by  the  presence  of  Thy  Spirit,  the  great 
purpose  of  our  convention  here  this  day,  in  the  cause  of  '  Peace  and  good 
will  toward  men.' 

"Divine  Father,  in  the  name  and  in  the  service  of  the  Prince  of 
Peace,  we  present  ourselves  as  Thy  children  come  before  Thee,  bearing 
palms  and  ojive  branches  in  our  hands.  From  the  north  and  the  south, 
from  the  east  and  the  west,  we  come  as  brothers,  to  present  our  offer- 
ings at  these  nameless  graves — the  graves  of  southern  soldiers  who  died 
in  prison,  giving  testimony  of  their  faith,  and  at  the  graves  of  northern 
soldiers  who  offered  their  lives  for  the  restoration  of  the  Union. 

"We  thank  Thee,  that  in  Thy  providence,  leaders  of  the  armies  of 
the  north  and  of  the  south,  who  stood  face  to  face,  in  the  heroic  con- 
flict a  generation  ago,  are  present,  side  by  side,  animated  by  the  same 
spirit,  in  the  consciousness  of  a  reunited  country,  of  a  restored  Union, 
of  a  common  citizenship  in  this  mighty  land.  We  thank  Thee  that  such 
is  the  spirit  of  this  vast  assemblage,  assuring  by  its  presence,  fraternal 
union,  in  perfect  peace,  from  ocean  unto  ocean. 

"Thou  knowest,  Father,  that  our  pilgrimage  to  this  spot  is  not  to 
dedicate  this  monument  to  the  'Lost  Cause,'  but  to  honor  appropriately 
the  last  resting-places  of  faithful  comrades  who  died  in  prison,  far  away 
from  their  southern  homes.  As  such,  may  this  monument  ever  be  a 
shrine  sacred  to  Peace! 


CHAPLAIN  JOS.  DESHA  PICKET  I'. 

DURING    THK    SIXTIES. 


May  29-31,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Joseph  Desha  Pickett  was  born  at  Washington,  Ky.,  January  6,  1822;  graduated  at  Princeton  College  in  1841  and  Bethany 
Theological  College  in  1849;  continued  his  studies  in  Europe  in  1851-2;  traveled  extensively  in  Europe,  Africa  and  Asia. 

Ordained  to  the  ministry  January  6,  1854;  professor  at  Bethany  College  from  1857  to  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  in  1861.  He 
moved  his  family  to  Kentucky,  and,  going  south,  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy;  member  of  the  noted  war  con- 
vention of  Virginia;  chaplain  of  Second  regiment  infantry,  Kentucky,  C.  S.  A.,  November  7,  1862;  chaplain  of  the  Ken- 
tucky "  Orphan  Brigade  "  January,  1863,  to  close  of  war. 

Founded  the  Kentucky  Relief  Society  for  benefit  of  the  survivers  of  the  Orphan  Brigade  and  other  Kentucky  soldiers. 

Resumed  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  Kentucky  in  1865;  connected  with  the  Kentucky  University,  1867-68:  professor  in  the  Agri- 
cultural and  Mechanical  College  of  Kentucky,  1878-79;  superintendent  of  public  instruction  of  Kentucky,  1879-91;  at 
different  times  president  of  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  of  Kentucky  and  College  of  Arts  of  Kentucky  University. 

He  is  accredited  "fighting  chaplain"  of  the  Confederate  army,  and  is  now  colonel  and  chaplain-general,  Provisional  Depart- 
ment of  the  North,  U.  C.  V. 


"Help  us  to  realize  that  the  lives  that  passed  away  on  battlefields,  in 
camp  or  hospital,  in  prison  or  at  private  homes,  or  on  the  deep,  in 
defense  of  principle,  were  not  sacrificed  in  vain.  And  of  the  nameless 
buried  here  and  elsewhere,  we  know  that  Thou  hast  the  'record.'  Their  ^ 

names  are  written  in  Thy  book,  and  He  who  died  for  men  will  remember, 
them  when  'the  earth  shall  cast  out  the  dead.' 

"Make  us  feel,  dear  Father,  that  no  drop  of  blood,  no  tear  of  love, 
was  shed  in  vain  in  our  prolonged  conflict.  Help  us  to  know  they  swell 
the  rivers  sweet,  of  perfect  peace.  Bind  up  the  broken  hearts,  both 
north  and  south,  and  in  all  the  lands  of  earth!  Sail  Thou  Thy  ships  of 
mercy  on  the  tides  of  blood!  Unfurl  Thy  flags  of  truce  in  every  country 
of  the  earth!  Bear  Thou  up  the  worlds  with  all  Thy  blessed  plans  and 
purposes!  And  help  us  all  to  help  our  fellowman  along  the  progress  of 
the  ages! 

"For  those  who  took  the  mother's  place  at  the  dying  soldier's  cot, 
who  fed  the  hungry,  clothed  our  shivering  boys,  and  in  their  deep  and 
tender  sympathy  and  in  their  loving  ministrations,  breathed  the  spirit  of 
home  and  brought  sunshine  to  their  prison  life,  we  pray  Thee,  Father: 
Bless  their  memories!  Bless  their  children  and  their  children's  chil- 
dren, through  all  the  years  to  come!  May  never  a  friend  be  lacking 
unto  them  in  sickness,  sorrow,  loneliness  or  death!  May  many  a 
mother's  blessing,  north  and  south,  come  home  to  them  wherever  their 
lot  may  be! 

"In  the  name  of  the  Prince  of  Peace,  we  ask  Thy  blessing  on  the 
spirit  that  conceived  this  day  of  peace,  and  upon  all  who  are  co-operating 
in  the  grand  and  gracious  work.  'Blessed  are  the  peacemakers,  for  they 
shall  be  called  the  children  of  God!'  Give  us  all  Thy  Spirit,  that  in  the 
hope  of  eternal  life  in  Christ,  our  Lord,  we  may  ever  manifest  'Peace  on 
earth,  good  will  toward  men,'  to  Thy  'glory  in  the  highest.'  'Amen." 
Anthem,  by  the  Imperial-Arion  Octet. 

Chairman  Bolton:  "Gentlemen — We  are  honored  with  the  presence 
of  a  man  whom  to  honor  is  to  be  honored,  who  suffered  more  than 
almost  any  other  man  by  the  war  of  1861-5.  A  true  soldier,  adored  by 
his  command  for  his  soldierly  bearing  and  courage;  respected  by  his 
enemies  for  his  ability  and  manliness;  loved  and  revered  by  his  country- 
men as  soldier,  statesman,  scholar  and  gentleman.  Given  the  public 
positions  of  United  States  railroad  commissioner,  governor  of  his  state 
and  United  States  senator,  he  has  served  with  honor  and  won  fame. 

"I  now  have  the  esteemed  privilege  of  introducing  as  the  orator  of 
this  occasion  a  man  who  is  a  typical  southerner,  Lieut. -Gen.  Wade 
Hampton  of  South  Carolina." 


GEN.  WADE  HAMPTON  DELIVERING  THE  'DEDICATORY  ADDRESS. 


ii; 


DEDICATORY     ORATION. 

By  LIEUT. -GEN.  WADE  HAMPTON. 

"The  scene  presented  here- to-day  is  one  that  could  not  be  witnessed 
in  any  country  but  our  own,  and  for  this  reason,  if  for  no  other,  it 
possesses  a  significance  worthy  of  the  gravest  consideration.  A  few 
years  ago  brave  men  from  the  north  and  from  the  south  stood  facing 
each  other  in  hostile  array,  and  the  best  blood  of  the  country  was 
poured  out  like  water  on  many  a  battlefield.  Thousands,  hundreds  of 
thousands,  of  our  bravest  sleep  in  bloody  graves — men  who  gave  their 
lives  to  prove  the  faith  of  their  convictions;  and  now  north  and  south, 
standing  by  these  graves  wherever  they  may  be,  grasp  hands  across 
the  bloody  chasm,  and  proudly  claim  Federal  and  Confederate  soldiers 
as  Americans — men  who  have  given  to  the  world  as  noble  examples  of 
courage  and  devotion  to  duty  as  can  be  enrolled  on  the  page  of  history. 

"Nor  is  this  all  that  marks  this  occasion  as  exceptional  and  remarkable, 
and  which  should  render  it  memorable  in  our  annals  for  all  time  to 
come.  No  monument  in  the  world  has  such  an  honorable  history  as 
attaches  to  yonder  one.  That  marks  the  graves  of  no  victorious  soldiers, 
but  of  the  followers  of  a  lost  cause;  it  stands  not  on  southern  soil  but 
on  northern;  the  men  who  rest  under  its  shadow  come  from  our  far-off 
southland,  and  it  owes  its  erection,  not  to  the  comrades  of  these  dead 
soldiers,  but  mainly  to  the  generosity  and  magnanimity  of  their  former 
foes,  the  citizens  of  this  great  city.  All  honor  then,  to  the  brave  and 
liberal  men  of  Chicago,  who  have  shown  by  their  action  that  they 
regard  the  war  as  over,  and  that  they  can  welcome  as  friends,  on  this 
solemn  and  auspicious  occasion,  their 'former  enemies.  As  long  as  that 
lofty  column  points  to  Heaven,  as  long  as  one  stone  of  its  foundation 
remains,  future  generations  of  Americans  should  look  upon  it  with  pride, 
not  only  as  an  honor  to  those  who  conceived  its  construction,  but  as  a  silent 
though  noble  emblem  of  a  restored  Union  and  a  reunited  people.  In  the 
name  of  my  comrades,  dead  and  living,  and  in  my  own  name,  I  give  grateful 
thanks  to  the  brave  men  of  Chicago,  who  have  done  honor  to  our  dead 
here,  not  as  Confederate  soldiers,  but  as  brave  men  who  preferred 
imprisonment  and  death  rather  than  freedom  obtained  by  a  dishonorable 
sacrifice  of  the  principles  for  which  they  were  willing  to  die. 

"Of  the  six  thousand  Confederates  buried  here,  not  one  was  an  officer. 
All  were  privates,  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  unhappy  war  which 


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brought  an  Iliad  of  woes  upon  our  country.  And  yet  these  humble  pri- 
vate soldiers,  any  one  of  whom  could  have  gained  freedom  by  taking  the 
oath  of  allegiance  to  the  Federal  government,  preferred  death  to  the 
sacrifice  of  their  principles.  Can  any  possible  dishonor  attach  to  the 
brave  men  of  Chicago  because  they  are  willing  to  recognize  the  courage 
and  the  devotion  to  duty  of  these  dead  Confederates?  Imagine  if  you 
can,  my  friends,  the  despair,  the  horror  of  these  poor  privates,  lingering 
in  prison,  and  dying  for  their  faith.  They  died  here,  in  what  they 
looked  upon  as  a  foreign  and  hostile  land,  far  from  the  land  of  their  birth, 
with  no  tender  hand  of  mother  or  wife  to  soothe  their  entrance  into  the 
dark  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  and  with  all  the  memories  of  their 
far-off  homes  and  loving  kindred  to  add  the  sharpest  pangs  to  death 
itself.  They  were  true  men,  and  say  if  you  please  that  they  were  mis- 
taken, that  they  were  wrong,  no  brave  man  on  earth  can  fail  to  do  honor 
to  their  courage  and  their  steadfast  adherence  to  what  they  conceived  to 
be  their  duty.  You,  the  brave  citizens  of  Chicago,  in  doing  honor  to 
their  memory,  honor  yourselves  and  humanity.  Nor  will  you  blame 
us  of  the  south,  while  appreciating  gratefully  your  generous  action  in 
behalf  of  our  dead  comrades,  for  cherishing  with  pride  and  reverence 
their  memory.  You  could  not  respect  us  were  we  to  feel  otherwise. 
Death  places  its  seal  on  the  actions  of  men,  and  it  is  after  death  that  we 
'measure  men.' 

"A  King  once  said  of  a  Prince  struck  down, 

'Taller  he  seems  in  death,' 

And  this  speech  holds  true,  for  now  as  then, 

It  is  after  death  we  measure  men. 

And  as  the -mists  of  the  past  have  rolled  away, 

Our  heroes  who  died  in  their  tattered  gray, 

Grow  taller  and  greater  in  all  their  parts, 

Till  they  fill  our  minds,  as  they  fill  our  hearts. 

And  for  those  who  lament,  there  is  this  relief, 

That  glory  stands  by  the  side  of  grief. 

Yes,  they  grow  taller  as  the  years  go  by, 

And  the  world  learns  how  they  could  do  and  die. 

The  nation  respects  them.      The  east  and  west, 
The  far-off  slope  of  the  golden  coast, 
The  stricken  south  and  the  north  agree 
That  the  heroes  who  died  for  you  and  for  me — 
Each  valiant  man,  in  his  own  degree, 


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Whether  he  fell  on  the  shore  or  sea — 

Did  deeds  of  which, 

This  land,  though  rich 
In  histories,  may  boast, 
And  the  Sage's  book  and  the  Poet's  lay 
Are  full  of  the  deeds  of  the  men  in  gray. 

No  lion  cleft  from  the  rock  is  ours, 

Such  as  Lucerne  displays, 

Our  only  wealth  is  in  tears  and  flowers, 

And  words  of  reverend  praise. 

And  the  roses  brought  to  this  silent  yard 

Are  red  and  white.      Behold! 

They  tell  how  wars  for  a  kingly  crown, 
In  the  blood  of  England's  best  writ  down, 
Left  Britain  a  story  whose  moral  old 
Is  fit  to  be  graven  in  text  of  gold; 
The  moral  is,  that  when  battles  cease 
The  ramparts  smile  in  the  bloom  of  peace. 

And  flowers  to-day  were  hither  brought 
From  the  gallant  men  who  against  us  fought; 
York  and  Lancaster — gray  and  blue, 
Each  to  itself  and  the  other  true, 

And  so  I  say 

Our  men  in  gray 

Have  left  to  the  south  and  north  a  tale 
Which  none  of  the  glories  of  earth  can  pale. 

"We,  of  the  south,  measure  our  dead  comrades  buried  here  by  the 
standard  applied  to  men  after  death,  and  you,  of  Chicago,  have  measured 
them  by  the  same  standard,  the  only  standard  by  which  we  can  measure 
men,  and  by  applying  this  you  have  shown  that  you  have  come  to  the 
highest  standard  vouchsafed  to  men,  and  on  this  north  and  south  can 
stand,  with  honor  alike  to  both  sections. 

"Are  any  Federal  soldiers  disloyal  to  the  flag  under  which  they  fought 
because  they  join  in  decorating  the  graves  of  brave  men  whom  they 
met  in  battle?  Thousands  of  Federal  soldiers  rest  under  southern  skies, 
in  southern  graves — many  in  unknown  graves. 


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"Where  some  beneath  Virginian  hills, 
And  some  by  green  Atlantic  rills, 
Some  by  the  waters  of  the  west, 
A  myriad  unknown  heroes  rest. 

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"Of  them,  their  patriot  zeal  and  pride, 
The  lofty  faith  that  with  them  died, 
No  grateful  page  shall  further  tell. 
Than  that  so  many  bravely  fell. 

"And  when  on  Memorial  Day  in  the  south  the  graves  of  our  dead  are 
decorated,  gray-headed  Confederate  veterans,  and  noble  devoted  women, 
strew  flowers  over  the  graves  of  Federal  soldiers.  If  the  humane 
generous  action  of  the  people  of  this  city  in  doing  honor  to  the  memory 
of  their  old  antagonists  is  denounced  as  desecration,  it  would  seem  to 
follow  that  the  decoration  of  Federal  graves  by  '  Rebel '  hands,  should 
be  open  to  the  same  criticism,  but  no  denunciation  of  southern  people 
for  daring  to  honor  the  memory  of  men  who  were  once  their  enemies 
has  met  my  eyes.  Such  narrow  and  bigoted  feelings  as  would  prompt 
a  discordant  note  on  occasions  of  this  sort  are  rarely  found  among  true 
men  and  brave  soldiers,  and  I  have  often  thought  that  if  the  two  great 
captains  who  were  engaged  in  that  death  grapple  in  Virginia  had  been 
left  to  settle  the  terms  of  peace,  each  supported  by  his  faithful  followers, 
the  country  would  have  had  a  peace  indeed,  one  honorable  alike  to 
victors  and  vanquished,  and  which  would  have  prevented  the  evils 
brought  about  by  the  politicians.  As  it  is,  the  south  recognizes  and 
honors  the  magnanimity  of  Gen.  Grant  toward  our  great  chief, 
Gen.  Lee,  and  deplores  as  an  unmitigated  misfortune  the  assassina- 
tion of  Lincoln.  I  repeat  emphatically,  that  the  untimely  death  of 
President  Lincoln  was  regarded  by  all  thoughtful  men  of  the  south  as 
one  of  the  most  serious  evils  which  had  befallen  our  section,  and  I 
venture  to  say  that  my  southern  associates  here  present  will  sustain  my 
assertion.  We  know  that  during  the  war  he  devoted  every  energy  of 
mind  and  body  for  a  restoration  of  the  Union,  and  that  result  accom- 
plished, we  felt  that  his  big  brain  and  his  kind  heart  would  prompt 
him  to  deal  kindly  and  leniently  to  his  fellow  citizens  of  the  south,  for 
his  highest,  if  not  his  sole  aim,  was  to  see  the  Union  restored,  and  it  was 
a  cruel  hope  that  deprived  him  of  what  he  had  hoped  would  be  the 
reward  of  his  labors,  and  the  south  of  one  who  would  have  been  her 
strongest  protector  in  her  sorest  hour  of  need. 


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"Some  of  our  northern  fellow  citizens  seem  to  paraphrase  the  biblical 
question,  'Can  anything  good  come  out  of  Nazareth?'  by  applying  it 
to  the  south,  but,  my  friends,  we  really  are  not  all  evil.  Put  yourselves 
in  our  places  and  judge  us  from  that  standpoint.  In  the  convention 
which  formed  the  constitution,  there  were  two  parties  which  held  oppo- 
site opinions,  one  urging  the  formation  of  a  strong  central  government, 
and  the  other  advocating  the  doctrine  of  state  rights.  It  was  attempted 
to  reconcile  these  antagonistic  views  by  a  compromise,  by  which  it  was 
declared  that  all  powers  not  delegated  to  the  general  government  were 
annexed  to  the  states,  but  like  all  compromises  it  left  this  vital  question 
unsettled,  and  from  1787  until  1861  the  proper  construction  to  be  placed 
on  the  clause  of  the  constitution  just  referred  to  has  led  to  constant  and 
often  to  angry  discussion.  This  unfortunate  condition  of  affairs  was 
further  complicated  by  the  injection  of  the  question  of  slavery  into  it, 
and  we  .all  know  what  has  been  the  result  of  these  unhappy  differences. 
These  are  now  all  dead  issues  and  I  do  not  propose  to  discuss  them. 

"It  was  a  wise  philosopher  who  said  to  a  general  commanding  an 
army,  'I  do  not  choose  to  argue  with  the  commander  of  ten  legions,' 
and  when  questions  are  submitted  to  the  arbitrament  of  the  sword,  the 
decision  is  generally  in  favor  of  the  ten  legions.  The  vexed  questions 
which  have  disturbed  the  country  since  the  foundation  of  the  government 
are  settled,  and  reference  to  them  is  made  only  to  show  how  natural  the 
course  of  the  south  was,  educated  as  the  people  there  were  in  the  school 
of  strict  state  rights.  Every  southern  man  felt  that  a  call  made  upon 
him  by  his  state  was  an  imperative  command,  and  that  his  duty  was  to 
obey  without  hesitation  and  at  all  hazards.  When  the  north  called  on 
its  citizens  to  rally  to  the  old  flag,  they,  too,  responded  to  the  summons 
from  a  sense  of  duty,  as  did  the  people  of  the  south  to  the  call  made  on 
them.  State  allegiance  and  state  pride  in  each  case  was  the  moving 
cause  which  arrayed  millions  of  men  in  arms  in  this  country,  and  while 
the  war  which  brought  them  out  caused  untold  misery  to  the  country,  it 
has  taught  a  lesson  to  the  nations  of  the  earth,  that  America  in  arms  can 
defy  the  world.  It  seems  to  me,  too,  that  it  should  inculcate  another 
lesson  to  us,  and  that  is,  that  the  time  has  come  when  the  actors  in  that 
fearful  fratricidal  strife  and  those  whom  they  represent  should  judge 
their  former  opponents  as  they  would  themselves  be  judged.  This  can 
be  done  without  the  sacrifice  of  principle  on  either  side,  as  the  example 
of  our  mother  country  has  shown  us.  York  and  Lancaster,  Cavalier 
and  Roundhead,  no  longer  wage  war  on  each  other;  all  are  Englishmen, 
proud  of  their  country,  and  the  red  rose  and  the  white  are  emblems  of 


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peace,  and  of  the  glory  of  Old  England.  Can  we  not  all  be  proud  of 
the  prowess  of  the  American  soldier? 

"I  do  not  envy  the  feelings  of  the  man,  who,  looking  upon  this  scene 
to-day,  and  estimating  its  importance,  could  denounce  its  observance  or 
undervalue  its  significance.  It  inaugurates  a  new  era,  a  new  departure, 
and  he  who  would  denounce  its  fraternal  spirit  is  no  patriot.  The  sen- 
timents I  express  here  are  not  new;  only  a  short  time  since  I  had 
occasion  to  address  my  fellow  citizens  of  Charleston,  S.  C. ,  the 
cradle  of  secession,  and  I  then  used  the  following  language,  which 
is  of  the  same  tenor  of  all  I  have  uttered  since  the  war  ended: 

'"Let  me  not  be  understood  as  speaking  to  reawaken  sectional  ani- 
mosity, now  happily  dying  out,  nor  as  counseling  one  act  of  disloyalty 
to  the  restored  Union.  I  recognize,  as  every  true  Confederate  soldier 
does,  the  supremacy  of  the  constitution,  the  integrity  of  the  Union,  and 
all  the  obligations  we  assumed  when  our  arms  were  laid  down.  We,  of 
the  south,  are  now  an  integral  part  of  the  great  republic.  Its  flag 
waves  unchallenged  from  the  rock-ribbed  coast  of  Maine  to  the  Golden 
Gate  and  far-off  Alaska,  from  the  snow-capped  mountains  of  the  north 
to  the  orange  groves  of  Florida,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  every  patriot  to 
make  that  country  the  fit  abode  for  freemen  for  all  time  to  come.  But  I 
appeal  earnestly  and  reverently  for  justice  to  my  Confederate  comrades, 
dead  and  living.  They  discharged  their  duty,  as  they  saw  it,  bravely 
and  nobly,  and  God  alone  can  judge  whether  they  were  right  or  wrong.' 

"These  men,  resting  here  'til  summoned  to  answer  to  the  last  roll  call 
on  high,  were  my  comrades;  many  of  them  from  my  own  state,  and 
perhaps  some  of  them  of  my  own  command.  Bear  in  mind,  then,  my 
friends,  that  I  speak  for  them  and  for  the  south  while  I  plead  for  jus- 
tice to  them  and  to  my  native  land.  I  speak  to  the  victors  in  behalf  of 
the  vanquished;  I  speak  not  for  those  who  wear  the  laurel,  but  for  those 
whose  emblem  is  our  mournful  cypress.  I  speak  for  our  Confederate 
dead. 

"I  sing  the  hymn  of  the  conquered,  who  fell  in  the  battle  of  life, 

The  hymn  of  the  wounded,  the  beaten,  who  died  overwhelmed  in  the 

strife; 

Not  the  jubilant  song  of  the  victors,  for  whom  the  resounding  acclaim 
Of  nations  was  lifted  in  chorus,  whose  brows  wore  the  chaplet  of  fame. 
But   the   hymn   of   the  low  and  the  humble,  the  weary,  the  broken   in 

heart, 
Who  strove  and  who  failed,  acting  bravely,  a  silent,  a  desperate  part; 


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Whose  youth  bore  no  flowers  on  its  branches,  whose  hopes  burned  in 

ashes  away, 
From  whose  hands  slipped   the  prize  the)'  had  grasped  at,  who  stood  at 

the  dying  of  day,  "j^ 

With  the  wreck  of  their  lives  all  around,  unpitied,  unheeded,  alone,  -Q 
With    death    swooping    down    o'er    their    failure,    all    but     their    faith 

overthrown. 

"Now  my  friends  and  fellow  citizens  of  Chicago,  the  duty  you 
honored  me  with  is  discharged;  would  that  this  could  have  been  done 
in  a  manner  more  worthy  of  this  great  occasion,  of  your  grand  city 
and  of  its  noble  citizens,  but  rest  assured  that  no  one  could  feel  more 
profoundly  the  importance  of  this  occasion,  nor  have  a  higher  apprecia- 
tion of  the  honor  you  have  conferred  on  me,  than  myself.  The  action 
taken  by  the  people  of  this  queen  city  of  the  northwest  in  erecting 
a  monument  to  men  who  in  years  gone  by  were  opposed  to  them  has  no 
parallel  in  the  history  of  the  world,  and  I  am  sure  that  it  will  tend  more 
than  anything  has  yet  done  to  do  away  with  the  animosities  of  the  past, 
and  to  restore  those  fraternal  relations  which  should  exist  between  the 
citizens  of  a  common  country.  We  of  the  south  thank  you  for  your 
unstinted  hospitality,  for  the  kindness  extended  to  us,  and  above  all  for 
the  noble,  magnanimous  spirit  you  have  shown  in  rising  above  sectional 
feelings  in  setting  an  example  to  the  whole  country  of  brotherly  love, 
of  a  sincere  desire  to  bring  about  a  more  perfect  union,  and  to  make 
the  citizens  of  this  great  republic  all  work  in  union  to  promote  its  wel- 
fare and  to  uphold  its  honor.  Let  it  be  hereafter  the  hope  of  all  of  us 
that  our  states  shall  be 

"Distinct  as  the  billows,  but  one  as  the  sea." 
"Te  Deum,"  by  the  Imperial-Arion  Octet. 

Chairman  Bolton:  " Gentlemen — It  is  my  privilege  now  to  present 
Maj.  Henry  T.  Stanton,  the  literary  genius  and  the  poet  laureate  of 
Kentucky,  who  will  recite  his  memorial  poem." 


MAJ.  HENRY  T.  STANTON. 

DURING   THE    SIXTIES. 


May  29 -June  2,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Henry  Thompson  Stanton  was  born  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  June  30,  1834,  and  taken  when  four  months  old  to  Kentucky;  educated  at 
Maysville  Seminary.  LaGrange  and  Shelby  Colleges,  all  of  Kentucky,  and  United  States  Military  Academy. 

Lieutenant  of  Company  B,  Fifth  Kentucky  infantry,  Confederate  army,  September,  1861;  captain,  winter  of  1861;  adjutant- 
general  of  brigade,  October  14,  1862;  major  and  assistant  adjutant-general,  fall  of  1864-5. 

Served  in  all  the  campaigns  of  West  Virginia,  Tennessee,  and  East  Kentucky;  was  in  the  battles  of  Seven  Pines,  Bermuda 
Hundreds,  Knoxville,  Saltville,  etc.,  and  recommended  for  promotion  because  of  "  gallantry  and  efficiency  on  the  fields 
at  Fayette  and  Charleston ;"  was  assistant  adjutant-general  of  the  department,  and  variously  served  with  and  upon  the 
staffs  of  Gens.  Longstreet,  Beauregard,  Armstrong,  Loring,  Breckenridge,  Morgan,  Williams,  Echols,  and  was  surren- 
dered under  Gen.  Jos.  E.  Johnston  at  Greensboro.  N.  C.  * 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  Kentucky,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  journalistic  and  literary  work,  residing  at  Frankfort 


MEMORIAL    POEM. 

By    MAJOR    HENRY    T.    STANTON. 

HEROIC  SLEEP. 

Within  this  closed  and  darkened  earth, 

All  seeds  of  being  lie, 
That,  in  good  time,  find  light,  and  birth, 

To  blossom  and  to  die — 
To  blossom  and  to  fruit,  and  turn 

Again  to  whence  they  came; 
To  give  their  ashes  to  an  urn 

Where  ash  comes  back  to  flame. 

Such  is  the  law  of  life  and  death, 

The  law  that  nature  gives — 
Man  comes  from  earth  to  one  short  breath 

And  dies  while  yet  he  lives; 
For  in  this  universe  of  parts 

One  part  completes  the  whole  - 
With  varied  minds — with  varied  hearts 

There's  one  unvaried  soul. 

In  all  our  states  of  being  here, 

From  summer's  dawn  to  frost; 
From  dark  to  light,  from  birth  to  bier, 

No  part  of  soul  is  lost; 
A  system  grand  goes  on  and  on, 

With  true  untiring  wheels, 
And  that  which  in  our  night  is  gone, 

Our  morrow's  sun  reveals. 

There  is  no  finite  mind  that  solves 

This  problem  of  God's  plan — 
We  know  not  if  our  life  evolves 

From  mollusk  up  to  man; 
We  cannot  trace  an  atom's  course, 

Above,  or  under  earth; 
We  cannot  find  in  vital  force 

Its  secret  springs  of  birth. 


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Mayhap  a  thousand  million  years 

Have  been  since  human  kind 
Came  crowding  on  this  sphere  of  spheres, 

With  mastery  of  mind; 
We  may  not  tell,  we  cannot  know 

What  space  has  been  since  then, 
Though  buried  ages  rise  to  show 

Their  prehistoric  men. 

A  monolith  left  here  and  there, 

In  isolation  stands; 
An  obelisk  that  spears  the  air 

Gleams  out  of  drifted  sands; 
On  ancient  Egypt's  fruitless  waste, 

Vast  pyramids  are  piled, 
That  prove  how  perished  races  graced 

A  spot  that  one  time  smiled. 

Throughout  this  thousand  million  years 

That  may,  perhaps,  have  sped, 
At  intervals,  some  mark  appears 

Above  their  honored  dead; 
Some  mark  of  issues  lost  or  won 

With  great  men  stricken  down, 
Some  proof  of  sanguine  war-work  done 

For  subject,  or  for  crown. 

That  martial  pulse  which  men  now  feel, 

Throbbed  in  the  cycles  gone, 
And  battles  waged  with  stone  and  steel 

For  human  pride  went  on — 
We  look  not  back  from  this  new  day 

For  good  or  ill  so  wrought, 
Sufficient  that  their  granites  say, 
•'Here  rest  the  men  who  fought." 

Whilst  yet  our  Arian  race  is  young, 

To  these  long  lines  of  stone, 
New  hills  and  vales  and  plains  among, 

We  proudly  add  our  own. 
We  leave  our  marks  of  contests  red, 

Of  battles  fought  too  well, 
And  rear  our  piles  to  heroes  dead 

The  same  sad  tale  to  tell. 


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Where  bright  Potomac,  in  the  sun, 

A  plate  of  silver  lies, 
Our  marble  shaft  to  Washington 

Goes  out  to  pierce  the  skies, 
An  obelisk  that  stands  and  waits, 

New  centuries  of  sun 
Compiled  of  stones  from  sovereign  states 

He  moulded  into  one. 

There  stands  a  mark  at  Bunker  Hill 

On  grand,  historic  ground, 
That  proves  how,  in  the  rebel  still 

The  patriot  is  found; 
And  everywhere  about  this  land 

These  summer  sunbeams  slant 
On  polished  marble  stones  that  stand 

To  Lincoln,  Lee  and  Grant. 

For  men  who  fought  in  all  our  wars 

And  gave  their  valiant  blood 
To  glow  in  after-time,  like  Mars 

O'er  life's  enduring  flood; 
For  noble  men  on  every  field, 

To  honor's  cause  allied, 
Whose  truth  and  glory  stand  revealed 

In  that  they  fought  and  died. 

That  after  years  and  after  man 

May  find  a  stone-mark  here, 
Of  strife  twixt  northern  Puritan 

And  southern  Cavalier; — 
That  centuries  anon  may  see 

How  man  to-day  was  brave, 
This  speaking  pile  is  placed  to  be 

A  guide-post  to  his  grave. 

This  granite  stands  for  men  who  fought, 

As  man  heroic  must, 
Wrho  loves  his  land  and  has  no  thought 

But  that  his  cause  is  just: 
This  mark  is  such  as  valor  plans, 

For  spirit  such  as  hers, 
Set  up  by  victor  Puritans 

For  vanquished  Cavaliers. 


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It  may  not  be  that  deathless  pile 

Of  Egypt's  brazen  clime, 
Nor  yet  that  needle  of  the  Nile, 

From  out  the  sands  of  time. 
But  it  will  stand  while  men  believe 

That  glory  fits  the  brave; 
While  flowers  bloom,  while  women  grieve 

Beside  the  hero's  grave. 

Six  thousand  men  lie  buried  here, 

Who  from  their  prison  close 
Were  borne  upon  a  soldier's  bier 

To  rest  among  their  foes, 
No  mother's  tears,  no  wife's  bewail, 

.  No  child's  pathetic  cry; 
No  home-friend  near  to  list  his  tale, 

Or  watch  the  soldier  die. 

At  martial  hands  their  graves  were  made, 

Their  coffins  rudely  dressed, 
And  valiant  soldiers  gently  laid 

Their  foemen  down  to  rest; 
And  thus  the  brotherhood  of  man 

Is  grandly  proven  here — 
It  puts  aside  the  Puritan, 

Blots  out  the  Cavalier. 

This  kinship  of  the  hero  lives, 

Estrange  it  how  you  will, 
The  soldier  to  the  soldier  gives 

His  meed  of  honor  still; 
No  matter  what  the  cause  may  be, 

If  wrongful,  or  if  just. 
Chivalric  foemen  only  see, 

True  valor  in  the  dust. 

The  coward  puts  his  spurning  feet, 

Upon  a  foeman's  grave, 
That  base-blood  cry:    "  Revenge  is  sweet I: 

Came  never  from  the  brave; 
And  truer  manhood  noblest  shows, 

Among  ignoble  hordes, 
When  victors  to  their  vanquished  foes 

Hand  back  the  yielded  swords. 


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This  honor  done  on  northern  soil 

To  southern  soldiers  dead, 
In  days  to  come,  shall  prove  a  foil 

To  blood  by  brothers  shed; 
Shall  stand  before  our  children's  eyes, 

A  proof  that  courage  shows 
The  best  where  it  can  recognize 

The  manhood  of  it's  foes. 

When  faction  lives  and  heat  begins, 

And  naught  save  war  avails, 
Comes  revolution  where  it  wins, 

Rebellion  where  it  fails; 
And  from  this  rule  of  wrathfulness, 

Where  blood-bound  people  meet, 
The  patriot  is  in  success 

The  traitor  in  defeat. 

When  from  proud  England's  iron  sway 

Our  liberties  we  tore, 
Her  stigma  "rebel"  died  away, 

Her  "traitor"  lived  no  more. 
With  man  to  man  in  conflict  met 

And  war's  great  havoc  done, 
There  came  an  end  to  epithet 

When  rebel-traitors  won. 

With  fast  subsiding  passion  here 

From  internecine  strife, 
The  Puritan  and  Cavalier 

Are  lost  in  newer  life; 
Our  days  of  perfect  peace  are  on, 

Our  compact  made  anew, 
And  every  shade  of  Gray  has  gone 

To  mingle  with  the  Blue. 

No  more  reproach,  the  end  has  come, 

The  argument  is  o'er, 
In  north  and  south  the  calling  drum 

Shall  be  for  us  no  more — 
The  banner  of  St.  Andrew's  cross 

In  silent  dust  is  lain, 
And  what  has  been  a  section's  loss 

Shall  prove  a  nation's  gain. 


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While  yon  unbelted  soldier  bends 

Above  this  granite  base, 
Our  land  shall  be  the  home  of  friends, 

Where  peace  upholds  its  mace, 
Where  martial  lines  shall  never  stand 

With  gleaming  sword  and  gun, 
Until,  in  service  of  our  land, 

We  march  to  fight  as  one. 

Nor  Puritan,  nor  Cavalier 

A  home  grown  strife  shall  see, 
While  o'er  the  soldiers  resting  here 

This  granite  shaft  shall  be; 
With  all  of  bitterness  forgot — 

With  all  of  taunting  done- 
Columbia  is  freedom's  spot, 

It's  sovereign  states  are  one. 

We've  had  our  change  from  life  to  death, 

And  back  from  death  to  life, 
The  law  of  nature  gave  us  breath 

And  with  it  pride  and  strife; 
We  came  from  earth  to  bloom  and  fruit 

With  mastery  of  mind; 
We've  held  our  kingdom  o'er  the  brute 

As  gracious  God  designed. 

And  still  we  keep  the  atom's  place 

In  this  grand  system  here, 
We  die  and  live  again  through  grace 

Immortal  in  our  sphere; 
WTe  fall  and  find  our  rest  in  earth 

Where  seeds  in  darkness  lie, 
Where  all  things  fall  and  come  to  birth 

And  seem  again  to  die. 

There  is  no  finite  mind  that  solves 

The  problem  of  this  plan; 
We  cannot  know  how  God  evolves 

His  fragile  creature  man; 
We  only  know  that  while  we  live 

The  law  of  God  is  just, 
And  what  we  take  from  earth,  we  give 

In  tribute  back  to  dust. 


And  granite  monuments  that  stand 

Through  Time's  untiring  roll, 
Are  only  guide  posts  on  the  land 

To  show  the  course  of  soul; 
For  human  substance  goes  to  earth, 

Whence  human  passions  rise, 
But  soul  with  God  himself  had  birth 

And  lives  and  never  dies. 

Hymn,  by  the  Imperial-Arion  Octet. 

Chairman  Bolton:  "Gentlemen — Next  we  are  honored  by  one  who 
needs  no  introduction  to  an  American  audience  —  soldier,  chaplain, 
colonel,  general,  scholar,  author,  preacher  and  patriot — Rt.  Rev.  Bishop 
Fallows." 

MINISTERIAL. 

By  RT.   REV.   SAMUEL  FALLOWS,   LL.  D. 

"Our  Union  soldier  dead  cannot  receive  their  meed  of  praise  without 
the  fullest  recognition  and  the  most  unqualified  admiration  of  the  magnifi- 
cent bravery  of  their  Confederate  opponents.  Virtue  is  measured  by 
the  temptations  it  meets  and  masters.  Success  is  scored  according  to 
the  difficulties  to  be  surmounted.  Victory  has  its  value  precisely 
proportioned  to  the  means  and  measures  and  magnitudes -and  men  that 
enter  into  the  struggle.  In  that  greatest  of  wars  West  Point  met  West 
Point.  Volunteer  fought  against  volunteer.  The  bravest  and  the  best  of 
our  northern  hearts  and  homes  slept  the  soldier's  last  long  sleep  with  the 
bravest  and  the  best  of  our  southern  hearts  and  homes.  Sincerity  strove 
against  sincerity;  conviction  confronted  conviction;  determination  defied 
determination;  sacrifice  set  itself  over  against  sacrifice;  prayer  plumed 
its  petitions  against  prayer.  Not  men  of  alien  lineage  were  these  who 
so  heroically  opposed  us.  In  their  veins  flowed  the  purest  of  American 
blood.  The  toughness  of  its  iron  was  tested,  in  the  winning,  by  their 
fathers,  for  the  American  people,  of  our  imperial  northwestern  and 
southwestern  domain  from  savage  and  civilized  foes.  Beneath  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  they  conquered  the  armies  of  England  and  outwitted  the 
diplomacy  of  France  and  Spain.  And  now  to-day,  thank  God,  we  are 
all  Americans.  We  are  brothers  again  and  forever.  The  god  of 
nations  himself  has  set  upon  our  country,  in  the  issues  of  the  conflict, 
the  seal  of  an  unbroken  oneness  and  of  an  indisputable  supremacy. 
The  raising  of  this  noble  shaft  to  commemorate  the  gallant  Confederate 
dead  in  this  northern  city,  on  this  historic  occasion,  attests  this 
glorious  truth. 


BRIG.-GEN.  SAMUEL  FALLOWS, 

DURING   THE   SIXTIES. 


May  29-31,  1895. 

BIOGRAPHIC: 

Samuel  Fallows  was  born  in  Pendleton,  near  Manchester,  England,  December  13,  1835. 
Literary  Record: — 


Ministerial  Record: — 


iterial  Record: — 

Ordained    deacon,    Methodist   Episcopal    church.    April    10,    1859;    ordained     presbyter,     Methodist   Episcopal    church 

September  9,  1860;   consecrated  bishop  in  the   Reformed  Episcopal  church,  Chicago,  July,  1876;  elected   presidin 

bishop  four  times. 


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"The  monument  of  the  Union  soldier  is  our  country — our  whole 
country.  But  grand  though  it  is,  it  is  an  unfinished  monument.  The 
north  cannot  build  it  alone,  neither  can  the  east  nor  the  west.  The 
north  and  the  south,  the  east  and  the  west,  must  join  in  the  blessed 
work.  Every  opening  of  industry,  every  development  of  commerce, 
every  act  of  justice,  every  advance  in  liberty,  every  sentiment  of  peace, 
every  note  of  conciliation,  every  hand-grasp  of  reconciliation,  every 
heart-throb  of  love  add  to  its  stability  and  glory. 

"The  sword  is  rusting  in  the  scabbard — let  it  rust  itself  away — and 
with  its  increasing  dimness  and  its  decreasing  sharpness,  let  the  glow  of 
our  animosity  continue  to  die  out,  and  the  keenness  of  our  reciprocal 
sympathy  augment.  Let  the  burden  of  the  remembrance  of  struggles, 
defeats  and  victories,  be  not  a  wedge  to  drive  us  asunder,  but  the  very 
keystone  to  make  our  national  arch  the  stronger.  Let  the  burning 
strife  which  led  to  unparalleled  feats  of  arms  on  a  thousand  battlefields, 
give  place  to  the  glad  endeavor  to  outvie  each  other  in  deeds  of  chival- 
rous devotion  to  our  common  country's  good.  Let  the  dead  past  bury 
its  dead,  and  from  its  sepulchered  gloom  shall  come  forth  in  robes  of 
stainless  white,  the  genius  of  a  risen,  purified,  glorified  republic. 

"To-day,  the  red  letter  day  of  this  new  era,  with  the  eyes  of  the  whole 
Nation  upon  us,  we  strew  the  flowers,  the  richest  and  the  rarest,  the  gen- 
erous south,  in  token  of  her  full  accord,  can  furnish,  over  the  graves  of 
the  northern  dead  and  the  southern  dead — nay,  from  this  time  forth  and 
forever  more,  OUR  DEAD.  And  above  us  and  about  us — I  do  believe  it — 
is  gathered  the  great  cloud  of  witnesses,  the  mustered-out  armies  that 
once  met  in  battle  shock,  men  who  were  faithful  unto  death  and  have 
received  the  crown  of  life,  but  ONE  army  now,  the  real,  the  Immortal 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

"Sheridan  and  Jackson,  Sherman  and  Johnston,  Grant  and  Lee  are 
there,  are  here,  with  that  invisible,  indivisible,  approving,  protecting 
host.  And  with  the  benediction  of  our  common  Father,  and  the  Prince 
of  Peace,  our  elder  Brother,  we  repeat  the  words  that  come  from  a 
southern  woman's  lips  and  loving,  loyal  heart. 

"Together,  cry  the  people,  and  together  still  shall  be, 
An  everlasting  charter-bond,  forever  for  the  free, 
Of  liberty,  the  signet-seal,  the  one  eternal  sign, 
Be  these  united  emblems,  the  Palmetto  and  the  Pine." 

Requiem,  by  the  Imperial-Arion  Octet. 

Chairman  Bolton:  "Gtntlemen — Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  soldier, 
statesman,  governor,  philanthropist  and  friend,  will  now  take  charge  of 
the  military  ceremonies." 


MONUMENTING  THE  CANNON. 
LADY    ASSISTANTS. 

No.   i.  MISS  LUCY  LEE  HILL  (Ky..)  Chicago,  111.,  consecrated  the  first  gun. 

No.  2.  MRS.  ALBERT  AKERS,  Washington,  D.  C.,  consecrated  the  second  gun. 

No.  3.  MISS  LAURA  LANDON  MITCHELL,  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  consecrated  the  third  gun. 

No.  4.  MISS  ISABELLE  ARMSTRONG,  Washington,  D.  C.,  consecrated  the  fourth  gun 

No.  5.  MRS.  KATIE  CABELL  CURRIE,  Dallas,  Texas,  dedicated  the  battery. 

To  all  of  whom  both  official  and  personal  thanks  are  hereby  extended. 


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CEREMONIAL     AROUND     THE     MONUMENT. 

As  Prepared  and  Arranged  by  Maj.-Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Commanding. 

The  military,  with  solemn,  cadenced  steps,  marched  in  funeral 
parade  on  the  burial  plot,  to  strains  of  the  Dead  March  in  Saul  by  its 
band,  and  formed  a  cordon  about  three  faces  of  the  monument.  The 
Confederate  Veteran  Association  and  individual  members  of  various 
Posts  G.  A.  R.,  formed  a  united  line  within  the  soldiery,  facing  east, 
with  right  resting  near  the  monument. 

CONSECRATING    THE    GUNS. 

Gen.  Underwood:      "Prepare  to,   MONUMENT  THE  GUNS!  " 

Whereupon  the  monumenting  corps,  composed  as  follows: 

For  cannon  No.  i,  Col.  R.  H.  Stewart  and  Miss  Lucy  Lee  Hill;  for 
cannon  No.  2,  Col.  Samuel  J.  Sullivan  and  Mrs.  Albert  Akers;  for  cannon 
No.  3,  Lieut. -Col.  George  Forrester  and  Miss  Laura  L.  Mitchell;  for 
cannon  No.  4,  Lieut. -Col.  John  W.  White  and  Miss  Isabelle  Armstrong; 
spiking  party,  Lieut. -Col.  R.  Lee  France  and  Comrade  Theodore  Noel: 
for  the  battery,  Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt  and  Mrs.  Katie  Cabell  Currie. 

The  members  of  the  corps  formed  and,  the  gentlemen  escorting  the 
ladies,  they  passed  along  the  united  lines  of  Union  and  Confederate 
veterans,  who  stood  uncovered,  marched  to  and  took  position  at  the 
guns. 

Gen.  Underwood:      "Consecrate,  THE  GUNS!" 

AT  CANNON  No.  i — Col.  Stewart,  standing  near  the  breech  of  the 
cannon,  said:  "This  gun,  having  fired  its  last  shot  on  the  field  of  battle, 
will  now  be  silenced  forever.  Spike,  THE  GUN!" 

Thereupon  the  cannon  was  spiked,  Lieut. -Col.  France  placing  the 
spike,  and  Comrade  Noel  driving  it  home. 

After  this  Col.  Stewart  assisted  Miss  Lucy  Lee  Hill  on  a  pedestal, 
and  the  lady  said: 

"This  cannon,  with  its  glorious  record  on  the  field  of  battle,  having 
been  silenced  forever,  I  do  consecrate  to  the  memory  of  the  valorous 
soldiery  we  now  monument,  as  a  military  decoration  for  their  bravery 
and  honor  unto  death." 

AT  CANNON  No.  2 — Col.  Sullivan,  standing  near  the  breech  of  the 
cannon,  said:  "This  gun,  having  fired  its  last  shot  on  the  field  of  battle, 
will  now  be  silenced  forever.  Spike,  THE  GUN!" 


SPIKING  ONE    OF  THE  GUNS 


CONSECRATING  ONE  OF  THE  GUNS. 


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Whereupon,  the  gun  was  spiked  by  the  spiking  party,  and  Col. 
Sullivan,  assisting  Mrs.  Albert  Akers  on  a  pedestal,  the  lady  said: 

"This  cannon,  with  its  glorious  record  on  field  of  battle,  having  been 
silenced  forever,  I  do  consecrate  to  the  memory  of  the  southern  soldiers 
here  buried,  as  a  monument  to  their  fortitude  and  endurance  of  the 
hardships  of  captive  life." 

AT  CANNON  No.  3 — -Lieut. -Col.  George  Forrester,  standing  near  the 
breech  of  the  cannon,  said:  "This  gun,  having  fired  its  last  shot  on  the 
field  of  battle,  will  now  be  silenced  forever.  Spike,  THE  GUN!" 

Thereupon,  the  gun  was  spiked  by  the  spiking  party,  and  Col.  For- 
rester, assisting  Miss  Laura  Landon  Mitchell  on  a  pedestal,  the  lady  said: 

"This  cannon,  with  its  glorious  record  on  field  of  battle,  having  been 
silenced  forever,  I  do  consecrate  to  the  memory  of  the  Confederates, 
whose  soldierly  remains  lie  beneath  this  sacred  sod,  in  monumental  token 
of  their  firmness  and  manhood  on  the  field  of  battle  and  in  prison." 

AT  CANNON  No.  4 — Lieut.-Col.  John  W.  White,  standing  near  the 
breech  of  the  cannon,  said:  "This  gun,  having  fired  its  last  shot  on  the 
field  of  battle,  will  now  be  silenced  forever.  Spike,  THE  GUN!" 

And,  the  gun  having  been  spiked  by  the  spiking  party,  Col.  White, 
assisting  Miss  Belle  Armstrong  on  a  pedestal,  the  lady  said: 

"This  cannon,  with  its  glorious  record  on  field  of  battle,  having  been 
silenced  forever,  I  do  consecrate  to  the  memory  of  those  true  men  who 
gave  their  lives  to  the  cause,  and  who,  after  three  interments,  are  here 
sleeping,  far  from  their  loved  southland." 


DEDICATION  OF  THE  BATTERY  AND  ORDNANCE. 

Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt,  chief  of  staff,  then  assisted  Mrs.  Katie  Cabell 
Currie  to  the  central  pedestal,  and  that  lady  spoke  as  follows: 

"These  four  cannon,  being  guns  captured  from  the  Union  forces  in 
the  battles  of  Murfreesboro  and  Chickamauga,  and  afterward  manned  by 
the  Confederates  and  fought  on  the  southern  side  in  the  battles  of 
Missionary  Ridge,  Resaca,  Dalton,  Kennesaw  mountain,  Peachtree  creek, 
Atlanta  and  Franklin,  were  finally  recaptured  by  the  Federals  in  the 
battle  of  Nashville  and  subsequent  engagements.  It  constitutes  a  field 
battery  of  light  artillery  of  distinguished  battle  record  and  is  here  per- 
manently parked,  never  again  to  belch  forth  deadly  missiles  in  horrible 
splendor  of  war.  All  hail  the  silenced  guns  we  consecrate,  which,  with 
the  shot  and  shell  piled  in  monumental  decoration  on  this  burial  plot,  are 
are  henceforth  dedicated  as  a  military  tribute  to  valor,  fortitude  and  death." 


FIELD  AND  STAFF,   FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY,   I.   N.   G. 

ROSTER,   MAY  30,   1895. 
Page  38.     COL.  HENRY  L.  TURNER,  Commanding. 

No.     i.     LIEUT.-COL.  G.  V.  LAUMAN,  Second  in  Command. 
No.     2.     MAJ.  JOS.  B.  SANBORN,  First  Battalion. 


No 
No. 
No. 


3.  MAJ.  EDGAR  B.  TOLMAN,  Second  Battalion. 

4.  MA|.  JAS.  M.  EDDY,  JR.,  Third  Battalion. 

/-1  A  r>T*      *»7  **       T        T-V  r»     rn?  *d  T?  r>        \     <:.... 


5.  CAPT.  WM.  L.  DE  REMER,  Adjutant. 

No.     6.  MAJ.  CHARLES  ADAMS,  Surgeon. 

No.     7.  CAPT.  J.  W.  STREETER,  Assistant  Surgeon. 

No.     8.  CAPT.  H.  W.  THOMAS,  Chaplain. 

No.     9.  CAPT.  A.  L.  BELL,  Quartermaster. 

No.  10.  CAPT.  E.  R.  COX,  Inspector  Rifle  Practice. 


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Then  was  heard  a  muffled  drum  roll,  after  which  the  corps  formed  in 
a  line  to  the  west  of  the  monument  and  facing  it,  and  Gen.  Underwood, 
addressing  Col.  Henry  L.  Turner  in  command  of  the  First  regiment 
infantry,  I.  N.  G.,  the  firing  body,  again  gave  command: 

Gen.  Underwood:      "Pay  the  final,  MILITARY  TRIBUTE!  " 

Whereupon  Col.  Turner  with  his  regiment,  800  strong,  formed  in  cul 
de  sac  with  center  west  of  the  monument,  the  wings  facing  its  north  and 
south  fronts,  caused  three  volleys  to  be  fired  over  the  graves  of  the  6,000 
sleeping  Confederates. 

Gen.  Underwood:      "Sound  the,  BUGLE!" 

Col.  Turner  caused  to  be  blown  a  bugle  "blare"  and  afterward 
"taps,"  and  the  regiment  marched  off  the  ground  at  quick  time  to  inspir- 
ing strains  from  its  military  band. 


DECORATING   THE    MONUMENT. 

Gen.    Underwood:       "Decorate,  THE  MONUMENT!" 

Whereupon  Miss  Catherine  Stewart,  Miss  Marion  Sullivan  and  Mrs. 
R.  L.  Walker,  with  their  floral  attendants,  the  Misses  Blanche  and  Laura 
McCollum,  also  Miss  Eliza  Seldon  Washington,  escorted  by  six  staff 
officers,  approached  the  inscription  face  of  the  monument,  Mrs.  Walker 
to  the  east,  Miss  Sullivan  to  the  west  and  Miss  Stewart  in  the  center,  and 
formed  in  line  facing  the  monument,  with  the  lady  attendants,  officers, 
male  quartet  and  drummers  in  the  rear.  The  ladies  were  dressed  in  white. 

Mrs.  Walker  advanced,  and  placing  a  laurel  wreath  on  the  easel  at  the 
northeast  corner  of  the  monument  base,  said: 

"In  the  east,  to  receive  the  refulgent  light  of  the  morning,  as  a  just 
meed  to  the  worth  of  the  Confederates  whose  mortal  remains  are  here 
monumented,  I  place  this  emblematic  wreath  in  token  of  their  honored 
remembrance  on  this  occasion  by  friends,  southern  people  and  all  broad 
and  liberal  men."  and  folding  her  arms  across  her  bosom  she  knelt  on  a 
step  of  the  monument  base. 

Male  quartet:      '-'All  Hail  the  Honored  Dead!" 

Miss  Marion  Sullivan  came  forward,  placed  a  floral  anchor  on  the  easel 
at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  monument  base,  and  said:  "Here  in 
the  west,  to  receive  the  softened  rays  of  the  setting  sun,  I  deposit  this 
representative  tribute — indicative  of  the  hope  that  those  here  buried,  in 
answering  the  last  muster  call  at  the  bar  of  immortal  judgment,  have 
experienced  everlasting  salvation,"  and  folding  her  arms  across  her  breast 
she  likewise  knelt  on  a  step  of  the  monument  base. 

Male  quartet:     Amen!   Amen!!   Amen!!! 


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PLACING  FLORAL  DECORATIONS. 

LADY  ASSISTANTS. 

1.  MISS  ELIZA  SELDON  WASHINGTON,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

2.  MISS  CATHERINE  STEWART,  Chicago,  111. 

3.  MISS  MARION  SULLIVAN,  Chicago,  III. 


6. 


MRS.  R.  L.  WALKER,  Atlanta.  Ga. 

MISS  BLANCHE  McCOLLUM,  Marietta,  Ga. 

MISS  LAURA  McCOLLUM,  Marietta,  Ga. 


To  all  of  whom  both  official  and  personal  thanks  are  hereby  extended. 


Miss  Catherine  Stewart  placed  a  white  floral  cross  on  the  easel  at  the 
base,  near  the  center  of  the  monument,  and  said:  "The  chivalrous 
bravery  of  the  mortal  obtains  honor  among  men;  the  conscientious 
desire  and  moral  courage  to  do  right,  create  a  hope  for  the  salvation  of 
the  soul;  but  the  belief  in  the  Savior,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  insures  life 
everlasting.  Notwithstanding  the  lives  of  these  monumented  soldiers 
were  surrendered  from  causes  incident  to  strife,  still,  in  token  of  the 
consecration  of  their  souls  to  God,  I  thus  decorate  this  monument  with 
the  white  cross  of  Christian  purity,"  and  with  folded  arms  and  bowed 
head  she  knelt  before  the  monument. 

As  the  lady  finished,  Gen.  Underwood  said:  "As  God  wills,"  to  which 
all  the  people  responded,  "Amen;"  and  the  male  quartet  chanted,  in 
echo — "As  God  wills,  Amen!!  Amen!!" 

Miss  Eliza  Seldon  Washington  then  advanced,  and  recited: 

After  death,  heroes  are  soon  forgotten. 

Except  by  the  great  Father  on  high; 
For  the  world  in  haste  has  little  to  waste. 

On  even  the  exalted  that  die. 

Hence  a  haven  in  heaven  is  solace 

To  those  who  believe  in  the  true  God; 
Because  of  the  promise  of  salvation 

Through  the  Savior,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord. 

[Roll  of  muffled  drums.] 

When  the  drum-roll  ceased,  the  lady  assistants  arose  and  Gen.  Under- 
wood kneeling,  uncovered,  within  the  circle  formed  around  the  ladies, 
paid  homage  to  the  fair  women  who  had  participated  in  the  beautiful 
formula. 

Gen.  Underwood:  "Ladies,  I  sincerely  thank  you  for  your  memorial 
tribute  to  the  honored  dead,  and  chivalrously  kneel  to  those  fair  and 
lovely  who  have  thus  consecrated  the  ordnance  and  decorated  the  monu- 
ment, and,  as  a  representative  of  the  Confederate  soldier,  pledge  the 
living  veteran  soldiery  of  the  south  to  be  no  less  true  to  a  re-united 
nation  than  has  been  its  dead  to  the  loved  cause,  lost ; "  and  arising, 
said:  "The  floral  assistants  and  other  ladies  will  now  scatter  the 
flowers." 

The  ladies  then  advanced  and  decorated  the  base  of  the  monument, 
cannon  and  graves. 

Chairman  Bolton:  "It  is  fitting  that  these  ceremonies  shall  conclude 
with  an  appropriate  invocation.  The  Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones  will  now 
pronounce  the  benediction." 


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BENEDICTION. 

By  REV.  JENKIN  LLOYD  JONES. 

Rev.  Mr.  Jones:  "May  the  memory  of  these  men  who  proved  their 
faith  by  their  faithfulness  and  sealed  their  love  with  their  loyalty 
abide  in  the  world  to  prove  that  Thou,  Infinite  Father  of  All,  judgest 
not  the  act  but  the  spirit,  not  the  achievement  but  the  aim. 

"They  through  strife  won  the  peace  that  passeth  all  understanding. 
May  we  through  peace  complete  the  work  they  left  undone  by  hastening 
the  coming  of  Thy  kingdom  on  earth  as  it  is  now  in  Heaven,  amen." 

The  cerjemony  being  ended,  Camp  Chicago  No.  8,  United  Con- 
federate Veterans,  marched  with  floral  tributes  and,  assisted  by  the 
ladies,  decorated  the  graves  of  Federal  soldiers  in  another  part  of  the 
cemetery. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  CHICAGO  PRESS,  MAY  31,  1895. 
(  The  Chicago   Tribune. ) 

The  dedication  of  the  monument  over  the  Confederate  dead  at  Oakwoods  passed  off 
yesterday  in  a  manner  so  happy  as  to  reflect  credit  on  every  one  connected  with  it  and 
to  elicit  universal  congratulations.  The  opinion  was  general  that  the  ceremony  constituted 
an  epoch  in  the  life  of  the  Nation  and  the  formal  close  of  the  period  of  ill-will  engen- 
dered by  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  From  the  start  of  the  southern  visitors  from  the 
Palmer  House  in  the  morning  to  the  benediction  at  Oakwoods  in  the  afternoon  there 
was  not  a  trip,  a  mistake,  or  an  unpleasantness.  Confidence,  respect  and  good  will 
were  the  everywhere  obvious  results  when  the  day  closed. 

(The  Daily  Inter-Ocean.} 

Across  the  graves  of  their  dead  the  survivors  of  the  great  struggle  shook  hands  yes- 
terday; the  war  cry  was  hushed  forever,  and  the  hatchet  was  buried  never  to  be 
uncovered  by  north  or  south  again. 

The  scene  at  Oakwoods  at  the  dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument  was  one 
unparalleled  in  history.  Soldiers  lay  sleeping  far  from  the  homes  where  they  were 
born,  in  a  land  which  had  held  them  captives,  and  around  their  quiet  resting  place  stood 
great  commanders  of  both  armies,  as  well  as  the  rank  and  file. 

Unmarked  were  the  graves  of  the  boys  in  gray,  save  by  the  great  granite  shaft,  to 
be  consecrated  by  prayer  and  benediction  before  the  day  was  done.  Not  far  from  the 
unmarked  mounds  were  others  with  marble  slabs  at  the  head,  the  resting  place  of  hun- 
dreds who  had  fought  and  died  beneath  the  folds  of  the  dear  old  flag.  But  yesterday  it 
mattered  not  who  wore  the  blue  or  wore  the  gray.  From  the  southland  came  rich  guer- 
don of  flowers  to  mark  the  graves  of  her  erstwhile  foes,  while  the  north  laid  on  the 
southern  soldier's  grave  tribute  of  fair  blossoms. 

Brave  men  who  thirty  years  ago  had  faced  each  other  on  the  battlefield  now  met  as 
brothers,  and  women  assisted  in  the  ceremonies  which  forever  silenced  guns  heard  at 
Murfreesboro,  Missionary  Ridge,  Atlanta,  Chickamauga,  Kennesaw  mountain  and 
Nashville. 


May  29  31,    1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Holman  Green  Purinton  was  born  at  Bowdoin,  Me.,  April  22,  1847,  and  received  a  liberal  education. 

At  the  age  of  17  he  left  Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Me.;  enlisted  as  a  recruit  in  Company  B,  Twenty-ninth  regiment  infantry, 

Maine  volunteers,  U.  S.  A.,  and  served  until  the  spring  of  1866. 
After  the  war  he  taught  school  and  finally  entered  commercial  business  in  Lewiston,  Me.     He  moved  to  Dover,  N.  H.,  thence  to 

Boston,  and  immigrated  to  Chicago  after  the  great  fire  in  that  city  in  1871,  where  he  still  resides. 
He  has  variously  served  in  the  Illinois  National  Guard  as  first  lieutenant  and  adjutant,  afterward  captain  Company  A,  Sixth 

battalion;  private,  then  captain  Company  I,  First  regiment  infantry;   captain  and  adjutant,  and  is  now  major,  Second 

regiment  infantry. 
In  veteran  organizations  he  has  been  an  active  worker,  and  organized  Columbia  Post  No.  706,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  has  been 

commander  for  four  consecutive  years,  which  office  he  still  holds. 
He  is  a  prominent  Oddfellow  and  Free  Mason,  and  has  filled  all  the  offices  in  the  subordinate  lodges  and  Templar  bodies;   and, 

for  fifteen  years,  has  commanded  the  famous  St.  Bernard  Drill  Corps  of  Chicago. 
Member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  club  and  commander  of  the  Chicago  Equestrian  club. 


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Palms  and  magnolias  were  used  in  decoration,  and  the  rude  railings  of  the  speakers' 
stand  were  wound  with  bunting  and  festooned  with  gray  floating  Spanish  moss. 

At  the  foot  of  the  soldiers'  monument  was  heaped  great  masses  of  blossoms.  A 
floral  cross  stood  at  its  base,  and  on  either  side  was  an  anchor  and  wreath  of  roses  and 
lilies.  Over  all  stood  watch  the  lonely  figure  which  in  the  years  to  come  will  teach 
generations  yet  unborn  the  lesson  of  forgiveness,  love  and  peace. 

Yesterday  it  looked  down  upon  thousands  of  people  assembled  hours  before  the  car- 
riages carrying  the  distinguished  guests  arrived,  and  who  stood  patiently  awaiting  them, 
heedless  of  the  merciless  rays  of  a  scorching  sun. 

At  the  close  of  the  dedicatory  ceremonies  in  Oakwoods,  the  distin- 
guished visitors  returned  to  the  central  part  of  the  city,  being  driven  in 
carriages  through  Washington  park,  along  Drexel  and  Grand  boulevards 
and  on  Michigan  avenue  from  Thirty-first  street  to  the  Auditorium  Hotel, 
where  the  balconies  (specially  reserved  for  the  purpose)  were  occupied, 
and  the  general  memorial  parade  witnessed  by  the  southerners,  their 
accompanying  ladies  and  the  committee. 

Later  in  the  afternoon,  the  gentlemen  of  the  party  visited  the  clubs 
of  Chicago,  from  each  of  which  they  had  received  written  invitations  of 
hospitable  welcome;  and  otherwise  entertained  themselves  until  evening. 

At  8:00  p.  m.  Columbia  Post,  No.  706,  G.  A.  R.,  Maj.  H.  G.  Purin- 
ton,  commanding,  with  its  military  band,  and  The  ex-Confederate  Associa- 
tion, Camp  No.  8,  U.  C.  V.  of  Chicago,  Lieut. -Col.  Geo.  Forrester, 
commanding,  reported  to  Gen.  Underwood  at  the  Palmer  House,  and  a 
little  before  9:00  o'clock  the  party  of  southern  visitors,  the  same  who 
attended  the  reception  at  that  hotel  the  evening  previous,  under  escort  of 
the  combined  detachments  of  Grand  Army  and  Confederate  veterans, 
were  driven  to  the  armory  of  the  First  regiment  infantry  I.  N.  G.,  Six- 
teenth street  and  Michigan  avenue,  where  they  were  royally  received. 


THE  RECEPTION  AT  THE  ARMORY. 

Col.  Henry  L.  Turner  of  the  First  regiment,  was  host  for  the  occasion 
on  behalf  of  the  citizens'  committee  of  130.  His  regiment,  800  strong, 
forgot  the  marches  of  the  day;  forgot  that  it  had  tramped  in  the  sun  for 
many  miles  in  the  largest  parade  it  has  ever  known;  forgot  that  it  was 
physically  exhausted  and  unfit  for  service  of  any  kind;  forgot  itself  in  the 
purpose  of  the  hour  to  brighten  the  visit  of  the  men  and  women  who 
had  come  here  from  the  land  of  sunshine  and  flowers  and  beautiful 
womanhood  and  magnificent  manhood. 

The  regiment  practically  sacrificed  itself  to  duty,  touched  with  pleas- 
ure, the  pleasure  that  is  born  of  splendid  achievement  hallowed  by  the 
love  of  a  great  people,  individually  and  collectively. 


SQAUD  OF  CO.  M,  FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY  I.  N.  G.,  AT  A  RALLY. 


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Thousands  crowded  in  the  armory  to  take  part  in  the  reception  to  the 
Confederate  generals  and  the  fair  southern  visitors  who  came  to  Chicago 
to  attend  the  dedication  of  the  monument  at  Oakwoods.  Though  the 
doors  of  the  vast  hall  were  thrown  open  at  7:00  o'clock  and  hundreds  of 
guests  drove  up  to  the  big  gates  early,  the  long  wait  until  the  southern 
visitors  arrived  passed  quickly.  The  floor  of  the  hall  was  left  to  the 
regiment,  and  the  command  "At  rest"  was  given,  and  the  boys  of  the 
First  stacked  their  arms  until  the  guests  arrived. 

The  singers  of  the  regiment  did  not  remain  silent,  however,  and  the 
pathetic  air,  "Tenting  To-night  in  the  Old  Camp  Ground,"  came  from  a 
hundred  lusty  throats.  This  was  followed  by  "Don't  You  Hear  Dem 
Bells?"  Then  came  the  regiment  yell,  but  at  9:00  o'clock  the  merry 
voices  were  hushed  as  the  sound  of  a  band  penetrated  the  armory. 

Like  an  echo  could  be  heard  the  dashing,  inspiriting  strain  "Dixie," 
and  the  mellow  cadence  became  louder  and  louder  as  the  Columbia  Post 
band  approached  the  armory.  Quickly  the  regiment  presented  arms,  and 
Col.  Henry  L.  Turner  and  the  reception  committee  w£nt  to  the  grand 
entrance  and  greeted  the  party  with  most  hospitable  welcome. 

The  guests  were  received  with  "three  ruffles  and  three  rolls,"  which 
is  the  highest  honor  paid  any  military  officer. 

A  mighty  cheer  rang  out  as  the  southern  guests  entered.  Columbia 
Post,  G.  A.  R. ,  marched  into  the  square  formed  by  the  regiment,  fol- 
lowed by  The  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago,  and  then  lined  up 
on  one  side  of  the  hall  as  the  guests  marced  to  the  platform  reserved  for 
them,  the  ladies  being  escorted  to  the  balcony.  A  dress  parade  of  the 
First  regiment  followed,  together  with  the  command  marching  in  review 
past  the  southern  generals  and  a  fancy  drill  by  Company  M  completed 
the  military  exercises. 

A  promenade  concert  followed  the  fancy  drill  and  the  following 
program  was  given  under  the  leadership  of  J.  F.Hastrawser: 

March,  "General  Anthony  Wayne"  . Alder. 

Overture "William  Tell. " 

Collocation  from  "Faust" Gounod. 

Selection  of  southern  airs Coates. 

"American  Patrol" Meacham. 

"Liberty  Bell" Sousa. 

Patrol,  "Blue  and  the  Gray" A.  Densmore. 

The  southern  ladies  waved  their  handkerchiefs  and  applauded  as  the 
First  regiment  band  played  a  selection  of  southern  airs. 


COMPANY  COMMANDERS,   FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY,    I    N    G. 
ROSTER  ACCORDING  TO  RANK. 

JOS.  H.  BARNETT,  Company  D. 
EDW.   H.   SWITZER.  Company   M. 
WM.  F.   KNOCH,  Company  E. 

B.  F.  PATRICK,  JR.,  Company  A. 
A    L.  BOLTE,  Company  C. 

WM.  J.  SANDERSON.  Company   ,<. 
S.   W.  SMITH,  Company  F 

C.  B.  SANDHAM,  l  ompariy   I. 
T.   M.   KENNEDY,  Company   II. 
THOS.  W.  COLK,   (  ompany  K. 
A.   M    DANIELS    Company  L. 

.  L.  ROSENTHAL.  Ci  mpan>   G. 


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No 

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CAPT. 

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CAPT. 

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The  company  then  came  down  from  the  galleries  and  crowded  around 
the  dais  where  the  southern  guests  were  seated. 

Many  distinguished  Chicagoans  were  presented  to  the  Confederate 
generals. 

After  this  the  people  present  were  permitted  to  pass  by  the  platform 
and  shake  hands  with  the  visitors  in  an  informal  way. 

There  were  no  formalities  of  any  kind,  but  it  was  a  most  happy  affair 
and  was  honored  by  the  presence  of  many  people. 

As  the  party  was  breaking  up  cheers  for  the  gray  haired  warriors  of 
the  south  rang  out  in  the  First  regiment  armory,  all  doing  honor  to 
gallant  men  who  had  fought  for  the  Confederacy.  It  was  a  real  union  of 
the  blue  and  the  gray  and  the  hearts  of  the  southerners  warmed  at  the 
welcome  they  received. 

The  action  of  the  First  regiment  infantry  I.  N.  G.  was  without  parallel 
in  magnitude  and  unanimity  of  the  various  components  of  the  command; 
and  the  support  thereby  given  to  the  general  harmonizing  movement  of 
the  north  toward  the  south  was  most  propitious  and  valuable. 

The  graceful  act  and  military  courtesy  of  firing  the  memorial  volleys, 
so  to  speak,  over  the  remains  of  dead  heroes  from  the  southland  and  the 
warmth  of  the  after  reception  by  the  regiment  and  hearty  individual 
greetings  by  its  officers  and  soldiers,  caused  a  thrill  of  appreciation  in 
the  hearts  of  all  of  Dixie's  representatives;  and  the  feeling  was  unani- 
mous that  such  a  body  of  soldiery  had  surpassed  itself  in  the  bestowing 
of  military  honors  on  the  long  buried  dead  and  by  the  lavish  courtesies 
extended  to  the  southern  guests  during  the  occasion. 

To  this  must  be  added  the  whole  souled  hospitality  of  the  citizens  of 
Chicago,  demonstrated  by  the  entertainments  given  by  the  wealthy  and 
the  unanimous  and  hearty  greetings  by  all  classes,  who  with  one  accord 
joined  in  honoring  former  foes,  come  to  pay  homage  tribute  at  the 
shrine  of  their  valiant  dead. 

No  city  could  have  done  more,  no  people  could  have  shown  greater 
liberality;  the  church,  the  press,  the  state,  united  and  vied  with  each 
other  in  the  discharge  of  the  duty  of  harmonization.  One  voice  spoke 
in  thanks,  one  heart  beat  with  reciprocal  impulse  and  with  one  eye  the 
people  throughout  the  south  viewed  the  hospitable  actions  of  Chicago's 
citizens  and  the  deeds  of  Col.  Turner  and  his  men. 


May  29-31,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Thomas  Stewart  Quincey  was  born  May  28,  1852,  at  Belleville,  Ontario,  Canada.  At  12  years  of  age  he  was  bugler  of  the 
Argyle  Light  infantry,  and  in  1876  he  was  one  of  the  volunteers  on  active  duty  in  Minnesota,  and  assisted  in  the  capture 
of  the  Younger  brothers  after  the  Northfield  robbery.  As  lieutenant  of  the  Chicago  Hussars,  he  commanded  the 
detachment  of  his  troop  in  charge  of  the  Stock  Yards  during  the  great  strike  of  1894;  member  of  Troop  A  Illinois  National 
Guard;  organizer  and  captain  of  the  Black  Hussars,  the  troop  which  acted  as  escort  at  the  dedication  of  the  Confederate 
monument  in  Chicago,  May  30,  1895.  Resides  in  Chicago  and  is  actively  engaged  in  business. 


CARRIAGE  DRIVE  AND  DEPARTURE. 

On  the  3ist  the  guests  arose  late  and  refreshed,  experiencing  little 
or  no  fatigue  from  the  constant  tax  upon  every  moment  of  time,  termin- 
ating in  the  reception  and  supper  at  the  armory  the  preceding  evening; 
and,  when  the  committee  came  to  drive  them  through  the  parks,  nearly 
all  were  ready  to  go,  and  the  carriages  were  filled  with  the  joyous 
sightseers. 

The  party  was  driven  across  Chicago  river  out  Dearborn  avenue  to 
Lincoln  Park  and  through  its  beautiful  drives,  passing  by  the  Grant 
statue,  out  the  Sheridan  road,  and  returning  through  the  park  via  the 
exquisite  flower-bed  route  to  Lincoln  statue,  where  the  second  sleeping 
place  of  the  Confederate  dead  was  pointed  out,  and  finally  taken  through 
the  principal  streets  of  Chicago's  business  district  that  the  tall  buildings 
might  be  seen  in  numbers  and  their  great  heights  realized;  then  to  the 
Masonic  Temple,  where  many  held  their  breath  while  being  hurried  up 
the  twenty-three  stories  to  the  top  in  limited  express  elevators,  and,  after 
enjoying  the  magnificent  city  and  lake  view,  thence  to  the  "Palmer"  to 
rest,  dine  and  prepare  for  the  trip  to  Cincinnati  at  night.  Many  of  the 
gentlemen  did  the  clubs  and  "saw  the  town"  in  the  afternoon,  and  all 
were  driven  under  escort  of  the  Black  Hussars  to  the  Twelfth  street 
depot  at  8:00  p.  m.,  where  the  party  boarded  the  cars  and  was  whirled 
away  southward  on  the  "Big  Four's"  most  sumptuous  train. 

On  arriving  at  the  depot  Capt.  T.  S.  Quincey  wheeled  his  hussars 
into  line  and  gave  a  parting  "present"  as  the  old  generals  drove  past; 
and  afterward  the  hussars  dismounted,  entered  the  depot  and  paid 
individual  military  homage  to  the  heroes  that  were  leaving.  This  double 
courtesy  extended  so^  soldierly  by  the  gallant  captain  was  more  than 
appreciated,  and  the  military  bearing  of  the  horsemen  and  their  black 
chargers  caused  the  eyes  .of  the  cavalry  generals  to  flash  with  delight, 
and  all  joined  with  heartiest  thanks  in  bidding  farewell.  It  was  in  this 
manner  that  Chicago  was  bade  adieu,  ever  to  be  remembered  by  the 
guests  it  so  lavishly  and  superbly  entertained. 

After  a  night  trip  of  special  travel,  with  rare  comfort,  the  placid 
waters  of  the  Ohio  were  reached  and  that  beautiful  river  with  the 
picturesque  hills  skirting  its  Kentucky  bank  kept  in  view  during  the 
twenty  miles  run  to  Cincinnati,  where  the  spacious  and  elegant  apart- 
ments of  its  royal  Grand  Hotel  awaited  them. 


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MESSRS.   CORRE  &  SHEARS, 
Proprietors  Grand  Hotel,  Cincinnati. 

In  the  reception  and  entertainment  of  the  southern  guests  by  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Cincinnati,  the  entertainment  committee  pos- 
sessed greater  advantages  for  extending  hospitalities  than  are  to  be  found 
in  any  other  city  of  the  Union.  The  party  was  received  at  the  Grand 
Central  station,  conducted  across  Third  street  to  the  spacious  elevators 
at  the  special  entrance  to  the  Grand  Hotel,  which,  located  as  it  is 
between  Third  and  Fourth  streets  on  Central  avenue — three  principal 
thoroughfares  of  the  city — is  most  conveniently  arranged  for  the  traveling 
public;  thence  taken  through  a  spacious  and  well  lighted  corridor  to  the 
magnificent  rotunda  that  is  not  surpassed  by  the  office  auditorium  of  any 
hotel  on  earth.  Its  many  fluted  columns,  expansive  area  of  tessellated 
floors,  together  with  its  magnificent  marble  stairway,  copied  from  the 
stairway  of  Caesar's  palace,  in  Rome,  produced  a  feeling  similar  to  that 
felt  by  the  traveler  on  the  occasion  of  his  first  visit  to  the  Grand  Opera 
House  of  Paris.  The  decorations  in  cream  and  gold,  enhanced  by  the 
softened  light  through  its  lofty  ceiling  of  cut  glass  during  the  day,  and 
at  night  by  brilliant,  direct  and  reflected  light  from  hundreds  of  electric 
burners,  lent  enchantment  to  the  imagination  of  the  guests  in  most 
pleasing  effects  throughout  the  limits  of  the  entire  office  exchange — so 
much  so,  that  the  rotunda  of  the  "Grand"  was  recognized  as  constituting 
one  of  the  attractions  of  Cincinnati,  and  by  many,  considered  the  most 
beautiful  public  room  in  the  country. 

The  hotel  was  found  sumptuous,  fashionable  and  homelike,  with  four 
passenger  elevators,  latest  sanitary  plumbing,  the  broadest  of  corridors, 
most  spacious  and  elegantly  furnished  parlors,  commodious  convention 
and  princely  dining  halls,  breakfast  and  banquet  rooms,  large  and  well 
lighted  chambers  possessing  every  modern  comfort,  on  both  the  Amer- 
ican and  European  plans,  with  a  cuisine  perfect  in  all  its  appointments, 
a  free  telephone  exchange  and  every  other  character  of  convenience,  and 
with  a  capacity  for  entertaining  1,000  guests,  and  is  undoubtedly  the 
hotel  of  the  "Queen  City."  At  this  hostelry  the  ladies  and  gentlemen 
of  the  party  who  had  just  arrived  from  Chicago  were  most  hospitably 
received  and  the  best  that  the  house  afforded  placed  at  their  disposal. 

The  assistance  rendered  the  committee  by  the  proprietors,  Messrs. 
Corre  &  Shears,  who  inherited  the  talent  for  keeping  a  hotel  from  their 
fathers,  prominent  old  school  bonifaces,  enabled  it  to  royally  entertain 
the  southern  representatives. 

For  the  courtesies  shown  by  these  well-known  hotel  men  through  their 
personal  donations  and  entertainments,  the  fullest  thanks  are  extended. 


June  i,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Maurice  J.  Freiberg   was   born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  January  7,  1861;  educated  in  Cincinnati  public  school  and  graduated  at 

Wooodward  High  School,  1879. 

Secretary  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  1892-93;  vice-president  in  1893-94  and  1894-95.  president,  1895-96. 
Chairman  Cincinnati  committee  for  entertainment  of  Confederate  guests,  June  i,  1895. 


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The  party  on  reaching  Cincinnati,  the  early  morning  of  Saturday, 
June  i,  were  met  at  the  depot  by  Chairman  Freiberg  and  other  members 
of  the  entertainment  committee,  appointed  to  receive  the  guests,  and 
taken  to  the  Grand  Hotel  as  stated;  Mr.  E.  O.  McCormick  of  the  "Big  K}' 

Four  Route"  was  specially  assiduous  in  his  courtesies. 


CINCINNATI'S    OFFICIAL   TRIBUTE    TO    THE 
DISTINGUISHED    SOUTHERNERS 

RECEPTION  AND  ENTERTAINMENT 

IN  THE  CITY  AND  AT  FORT,  THOMAS,  KY.,  JUNE  i,  1895. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  city  press  of  Cincinnati  (chiefly 
Tribune  reportorial),  June  2,  1895,  and  stenographic  reports,  form 
a  succinct  account  of  the  visit  of  the  distinguished  southerners  to  the 
"Queen  City"  and  includes  the  reception  and  luncheon  given  the  ex-Con- 
federates and  party  at  Fort  Thomas,  Ky. : 

For  the  first  time  in  its  history  Cincinnati  was  laid  siege  to  yesterday  morning  and 
captured  a  short  time  afterward  without  offering  a  single  protest  or  making  even  a  show 
of  resistance 

The  men  who  captured  the  city  have  fought  many  long  and  bloody  battles  before, 
but  it  is  doubtful  if  they  ever  had  as  easy  a  time  achieving  a  martial  victory  as  when 
they  marched  into  the  Queen  City.  The  attack  was  made  at  7:30  o'clock  and  the  scene 
of  the  surrender  was  the  Grand  Central  depot. 

In  other  words,  the  party  of  distinguished  ex-Confederate  officers  were  welcomed 
with  open  arms  and  the  city  virtually  turned  over  to  them. 

As  the  train  bearing  the  party  from  Chicago,  where  these  famous  men  have  lately 
assisted  in  dedicating  a  monument  to  the  soldiers  of  the  south,  who  died  in  the  service, 
pulled  into  the  station,  the  committee  from  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  appointed  to 
meet  them  was  there  and  welcomed  the  old  heroes  and  their  wives  and  daughters  most 
heartily. 

Introductions  were  madb,  baggage  seen  to,  and  the  guests  of  the  city  conducted  to 
the  Grand  Hotel,  where,  after  removing  the  traces  of  travel  and  fatigue,  they  enjoyed  a 
well-served  breakfast. 

The  party  consisted  of  the  following:  Lieut  -Gen.  Jas.  Longstreet,  daughter,  and 
Mrs.  Sanders  and  daughter;  Maj.-Gen.  Matthew  C.  Butler,  Maj.-Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee, 
Maj.-Gen.  Harry  Heth  and  daughter,  Maj.-Gen.  S.  G.  French,  Maj.-Gen.  L.  L. 
Lomax,  wife,  and  Miss  Belle  Armstrong;  Maj.-Gen.  H.  Kyd  Douglas,  Brig. -Gen. 
Marcus  J.  Wright,  wife,  and  Miss  Eliza  Washington;  Brig. -Gen.  EppaHunton,  Solicitor- 
General  Holmes  Conrad  and  wife,  Col.  Albert  Akers  and  wife,  Col.  Irvin,  Capt.  Drew 
and  wife,  Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt,  Maj.  Henry  T.  Stanton,  Maj.  L.  C.  Norman,  Capt. 
Littlepage  and  wife,  Maj.  Frank  V.  Robinson,  Misses  V.  and  L.  Mitchell  and  Miss  Cox, 
Maj.  Robert  W.  Hunter  and  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood. 

Time  has  dealt  kindly  with  the  men  who  fought  and  bled  for  their  cause,  and  with 
few  exceptions  their  straight,  erect  forms  and  military  bearing  made  them  the  observed 


June  i,  1895: 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Ernest  Oliver  McCormick  was  born  in  Lafayette,  Ind.,  April  3,  1858.  Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
first  entered  railroad  service  as  timekeeper,  construction  department,  of  the  Lake  Erie  &  Western  railway  in  1879. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  consecutively  with  freight  department  of  the  Louisvillej  New  Albany  &  Chicago  railway 
at  Lafayette,  Ind.,  general  agent  Great  Eastern  Fast  Freight  Line,  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  later  as  city  ticket  agent  of  the 
L.  N.  A.  &  C.  railway;  was  transferred  to  Chicago  in  similar  capacity  and  promoted  to  general  northern  paseenger 
agent,  then  general  passenger  agent  of  same  road.  Later,  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamil- 
ton &  Dayton  railroad  and,  in  September.  1893,  he  became  passenger  traffic  manager  of  the  "Big  Four  Route," — the 
Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  railway. 

President  Young  Men's  Mercantile  Library,  and  member  of  the  Queen  City  and  Cuvier  clubs,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

He  has  attained  his  present  station  in  railway  circles  by  persistent  effort  and  fidelity  to  his  employer's  interests;  is  easily 
approached  under  all  circumstances  and  popular  among  his  colleagues  as  well  as  the  traveling  and  general  public. 


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of  all  observers.  The  youthful  appearance,  the  elastic  step,  the  bright  eyes  and  hand- 
some carriage  of  these  great  men  were  ceaselessly  commented  on  by  those  who  saw 
them,  and  their  striking  appearance  alone  was  enough  to  attract  admiring  attention 
to  them. 

Grasping  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  that  the  Queen  City  so  heartily  offered  them, 
these  soldiers  of  the  rebellion  came  into  the  city  with  the  kindest  of  feelings  for  all. 
They  will  leave  it  to-night  with  that  feeling  intensified  and  strengthened  a  hundred  fold. 

In  the  hotel  office  for  some  time  after  breakfast  the  party  met  and  talked  with  their 
new-found  or  long-lost  friends  and  many  an  interesting  story  of  bygone  battles  or  anec- 
dotes of  army  and  navy  were  to  be  heard.  The  entire  party  seemed  to  be  feeling  in  the 
best  of  spirits  and  ready  for  the  delightful  day  which  was  to  follow. 

The  famous  old  Gen.  Longstreet,  whose  age  shows  perhaps  more  than  any  of  the 
others,  was  the  only  one  among  them  who  hesitated  at  the  ride.  His  tall,  angular,  but 
soldierly  figure  was  surrounded  by  his  old  friends  and  comrades  in  the  office,  but  he  is 
not  as  spry  as  he  once  was  and  his  hearing  is  nearly  gone. 

In  order  to  save  his  strength  for  the  banquet  at  night  he  decided  finally  not  to 
accompany  the  party,  and  assisted  by  his  colored  servant,  a  reminder  of  that  halcyon 
period  "befo"  the  wah,"  he  retired  to  his  room,  there  to  rest  and  recuperate  for  a  few 
hours  his  lost  strength  after  the  journey  from  Chicago.  This  was  a  great  disappointment 
to  many,  especially  one  group  of  honest  workingmen  who  were  waiting  on  the  pavement 
in  front  of  the  hotel.  One  of  them  was  heard  to  remark:  "I'd  give  anything  I've  got 
to  catch  sight  of  the  general's  face  once  again.  I  ain't  seen  it  since  I  fought  with 
him  in  '63." 

Everyone  seemed  to  want  to  do  something  for  the  visitors  to  show  the  regard  in 
which  they  were  held  and  to  make  them  feel  how  closely  allied  is  Cincinnati  to  the  south 
in  both  her  commercial  interests  and  her  social  life.  The  spirit  of  welcome  was  over 
the  assembly,  handshaking  and  hearty  greetings,  such  as  'I'm  proud  to  meet  you,  sir; 
I  am  more  than  glad  to  have  you  in  our  city,"  were  heard  on  every  side. 

As  for  attending  to  their  wants  and  desires,  they  were  fairly  anticipated  in  every 
case.  Even  the  venerable  colored  servants  were  waited  on  by  the  younger,  agile  hotel 
porters  and  their  every  want  supplied. 

Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  has  acted  as  press  agent  and  general  manager  from  the 
first,  in  this  truly  remarkable  gathering  of  notables,  and  he  played  his  role  to  perfection 
yesterday.  Dealing  out  answers  and  papers  and  information  with  equal  liberality,  he 
kept  track  without  apparent  effort  of  all  that  went  on  elsewhere,  and  directed  the  move- 
ments of  his  party  whenever  called  upon.  To  him  is  due  the  honor  of  the  erection  of 
a  monument;  the  like  of  which  has  never  been  seen  before — a  monument  erected  on  the 
soil  of  the  victor  to  the  memory  of  the  vanquished. 

Shortly  after  10:00  o'clock  a  line  of  carriages  drew  up  in  front  of  the  hotel,  and  the 
party  filed  out  of  the  ladies'  entrance  and  into  the  conveyances,  ready  for  their  drive. 

Col.  E.  R.  Monfort,  Wm.  McAllister,  Capt.  J.  D.  Parker,  James  M.  Glenn,  Col. 
Brent  Arnold  and  E.  O.  McCormick  acted  as  escorts  and,  assisted  by  Mr.  Freiberg, 
helped  the  visitors  off. 

A  crowd  of  old  soldiers  filled  the  sidewalk  as  the  old  officers  and  their  wives  and 
daughters  took  their  places,  and  hoarse  whispers  of  "there  goes  Lee,"  "I  can  never 
forget  our  Douglas,"  "Hunton  is  still  with  the  boys  in  gray,"  and  the  like  were  heard. 

Driving  up  Fourth  street  to  Vine,  up  Vine  to  Seventh,  Seventh  to  Plum,  the  line  of 
vehicles  made  its  way  to  the  City  Hall,  where  the  distinguished  guests  were  welcomed 
by  the  mayor.  Entering  the  building  from  Plum  street,  the  famous  southerners  filed 


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into  Mayor  Caldwell's  office  and  were  greeted  most  heartily  by  His  Honor.     Almost  the 
first  to  grasp  his  hand  was  Gen.  M.  C.  Butler,  who  exclaimed: 
"Hullo!     Caldwell,  you're  here,  are  you?'' 

Then,  as  the  two  grasped  hands,  the  general  laughed  and  reminded  his  comrades 
that  he  had  seen  the  mayor  in  Washington  several  years  ago,  in  Congress. 

When  Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  who  has  shaved  his  beard  off  of  late  years  and  looks 
younger  than  ever  in  consequence,  took  the  mayor's  hand  the  latter  said,  "I  have  never 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  you,  General,  but  I  would  know  your  face,  nevertheless.  It 
is  a  familiar  one,  because  of  the  many  pictures  I  have  seen  of  you." 

Gen.  Lee  smiled  and  said  he  could  return  the  compliment.  Then  the  coterie  of 
handsome  men — for  such  was  the  verdict  of  all  who  saw  them — went  through  the  city 
building,  finding  much  to  admire  and  comment  favorably  on  therein. 

After  the  building  had  been  looked  at  from  outside  and  in,  the  party  bade  Mayor 
Caldwell  good-by,  and  taking  the  carriages  again,  drove  to  the  foot  of  the  Mt.  Adams 
incline.  Here  the  conveyances  were  left  in  charge  of  the  drivers,  and  the  visitors  and 
their  escorts  conducted  to  the  top  on  the  incline,  it  proving  a  novel  and  untried 
experience  for  some  of  them. 

From  the  power  house  they  rode  to  the  Art  Museum  in  the  cars,  and  were  shown 
through  it  with  commendable  pride  by  those  who  accompanied  them.  The  strongest 
expressions  of  approval  and  admiration  for  the  building  and  the  works  of  art  contained 
therein  were  made  by  the  guests,  and  the  view  from  the  park  brought  forth  much 
admiration.  Some  of  them  declared  the  museum  unsurpassed  in  many  respects  by  any 
in  the  country,  and  they  freely  congratulated  the  Cincinnatians  of  the  party  on  the 
possession  of  the  same. 

From  the  museum  the  party  once  more  descended  to  the  city  and  drove  to  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  where  a  mammoth  reception  was  tendered  them  by  the  entire 
chamber.  The  great  room  was  filled  to  overflowing  with  those  eager  to  see  and  hear  the 
renowned  southerners  and  at  the  stroke  of  12:00  o'clock  the  party  arrived  and  were 
royally  welcomed. 

The  Symphony  orchestra  played  many  martial  airs,  alternating  the  "Star  Spangled 
Banner  "  with  "Dixie,"  as  symbolical  of  the  meeting  of  the  men  then  present — the  north 
and  the  south.  These  airs  brought  forth  cheers  from  both  sides,  and  it  was  pleasant  and 
touching  to  observe  the  hearty  applause  given  by  all  the  visitors,  ladies  and  gentlemen, 
when  the  former  air  was  rendered.  When  "Dixie's"  sweet  strains  were  sent  floating 
through  the  big  chamber  the  applause  was  deafening,  and  cheers  and  hat-wavings  were 
the  order  of  the  moment. 

In  charge  of  the  party,  the  entertainment  committee  led  them  to  the  register,  where 
once  again  those  famous  names  were  placed  upon  the  page,  accompanied  by  those  of 
the  ladies,  who  caught  the  spirit  of  the  thing  and  insisted  on  writing  their  own  names. 
The  chamber  was  tastefully  decorated  in  "old  glories,"  and  the  great  flag  of  the  chamber 
was  floating  over  the  street  outside,  signifying  what  an  auspicious  affair  was  going  on 
within.  Hundreds  of  old  soldiers  were  here  also,  to  talk  of  the  past  and  point  out  this 
or  that  great  man  under  whom  they  had  fought.  The  speaker's  desk  was  hung  with 
the  emblem  of  liberty  also,  and  signs  reading  "welcome"  were  nearly  as  numerous  as 
the  pleasant  words  said  to  and  of  the  strangers. 

President  Glenn  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  began  the  exercises  here  by  a  very 
brief  address,  in  which  he  asked  all  present  to  join  in  welcoming  those  distinguished 
men,  now  present,  in  the  heartiest  of  manners.  He  introduced  Gen.  Underwood,  who 
said  he  had  asked  these  southern  gentlemen  to  come  to  Cincinnati  because  he  wanted 


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them  to  see  the  great  gateway  of  the  south  and  to  understand  how  Cincinnati  felt 
toward  them,  a  feeling  that  was  all  friendship  and  brotherly  affection.  He  declared  the 
south  to  be  the  greatest  section  of  all  in  this  country,  from  which  much  could  be 
expected,  and  that  so  great  was  its  undeveloped  wealth  that  when  it  was  developed  it 
would  enrich  the  entire  United  States.  Cincinnati,  he  said,  was  the  great  point  of  all 
others  from  which  to  reach  those  great  states  lying  between  the  Ohio  and  the  Gulf  and 
the  key  to  increased  prosperity  for  them  and  it. 

He  then  introduced  Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  the  hero  of  Virginia,  and  one  of  the  greatest 
cavalry  leaders  of  the  war. 

Gen.  Lee  said  he  voiced  the  sentiments  of  the  party  he  was  with,  he  knew,  when  he 
said  he  appreciated  and  thanked  the  citizens  of  Cincinnati  most  heartily  for  the  warm 
reception  they  had  tendered  the  southerners.  He  said  the  dedication  of  the  monument 
which  they  had  just  come  from  in  Chicago,  marked  as  a  great  milestone,  an  epoch  in  the 
Nation's  progress.  It  was  a  great,  grand  and  noble  Nation,  and  when  the  north  and 
south  understood  each  other  more  fully,  as  he  knew  they  were  doing  now  more  every 
day,  it  would  be  greater  and  grander.  He  said  the  glory  of  this  common,  united  country 
was  their  glory  now  as  much  as  the  north's,  and  they  were  proud  of  a  common  govern- 
ment and  a  common  flag. 

He  did  not  propose  to  tell  those  present  that  the  State  of  Ohio  was  formed  out  of  the 
state  from  which  he  came,  but  it  was  so,  and  he  was  proud  and  glad  to  know  that  the  two 
states  were  bound  by  ties  of  commerce  now,  and  ties  of  steel  rails,  but  best  of  all  by  the 
tias  of  friendship  and  brotherhood. 

Virginia  would  unite  with  Ohio  in  making  this  one  great,  grand  and  undivided 
country,  now  and  forevermore. 

Gen  Hunton  followed  Gen.  Lee,  and  was  introduced  by  Gen.  Underwood,  almost 
before  he  knew  what  the  latter  was  saying.  He  said,  with  a  smile,  that  of  all  mean 
enterprises  he  had  ever  encountered  in  the  war,  an  ambuscade  was  the  meanest,  and 
this  was  what  the  call  on  him  for  a  speech  was.  However,  he  would  testify  from  the 
bottom  of  his  heart  that  the  thanks  of  all  his  party  went  out  to  the  overflowing  kindness 
and  patriotism  which  had  been  shown  them  here.  He  called  them  fellow  citizens  and  he 
felt  he  had  a  right  to  do  so.  Though  the  war  was  a  great  calamity  and  they  recognized 
it  as  such,  he  felt  it  still  had  its  compensations,  for  now  that  the  blue  and  gray  were 
indissolubly  united  again  they  could  "whip  a  world  of  armies."  This  sentiment  was 
greeted  with  cheers. 

Gen.  Butler  of  South  Carolina,  and  a  great  cavalry  leader  in  the  rebellion,  declared 
he  had  also  been  taken  unawares,  but  he  was  more  unfortunate  than  his  friend,  Gen. 
Hunton.  The  latter  had  his  manuscript  in  his  pocket,  but  he  had  not.  He  then  spoke 
of  the  great  reception  and  monument  dedication  at  Chicago,  and  declared  the  war  was 
a  family  quarrel  settled  then  forever.  "We  fought  the  last  fight  in  Chicago,"  said  he, 
"and  from  this  on  we  are  absolutely  one  people." 

He  poured  hot  shot  into  the  politicians  for  keeping  the  breach  between  the  north 
and  south  open  so  long,  and  declared  the  reconciliation  between  the  old  soldiers  was 
frank,  candid  and  honest,  and  if  any  outsider  ever  tries  in  the  future  to  interfere  with 
us,  joined  together  we  will  whip  him.  He  warmed  up  at  the  applause  this  remark 
elicited,  and  declared  that  the  old  soldiers  of  the  Confederacy  were  still  young  and  will- 
ing enough  to  stand  side  by  side  with  the  men  in  blue  in  any  conflict  that  might  come; 
"and  then  see  if  we  are  sincere  or  not  when  we  say  that  we  are  going  to  protect  that 
glorious  flag  just  as  quickly  and  as  earnestly  as  you." 


BRIG.-GEN.  MARCUS  J.  WRIGHT, 

DURING   THE  SIXTIES. 


May  2g-June  2,    1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Marcus  Joseph  Wright  was  born  at  Purely,  Tenn.,  June  5,  1831.  Educated  in  common  school  and  the  academy  at  Purdy.  Clerk 
of  the  Common  Law  and  Chancery  Court  of  Memphis  for  eight  years  before  the  war.  Lieutenent-colonel  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-fourth  (Senior)  regiment  infantry  Tennessee  volunteers,  C.  S.  A.,  April  4,  1861;  assistant  adjutant-general, 
staff  of  Gen.  B.  F.  Cheatham,  early  1862;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  December  13,  1862. 

Commanded  regiment  in  battles  of  Belmont  and  Shiloh  and  brigade  in  battles  of  Chickamauga,  and  Missionary  Ridge;  staff 
officer  at  surrender  of  Mumfordsville,  and  battle  of  Perryville,  Ky.,  commanded  the  post  and  district  of  Atlanta,  district  of 
west  Tennessee  and  north  Mississippi,  and  engaged  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  except  during  the 
Atlanta  campaign  when  he  was  serving  in  lower  Georgia. 

Sheriff  of  Shelby  county,  Tenn.,  for  two  years  after  the  war. 

Agent  of  the  War  Department,  U.  S.,  for  the  collection  of  Confederate  records,  since  July  i,  1878. 

Vice-president,  District  of  Columbia  Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution;  member  of  the  American,  of  the  Tennessee,  of 
the  Louisiana  and  of  the  Virginia  historical  societies,  and  author  of  "Life  of  Gov.  Wm.  Blount  and  of  Gen.  Winfield 
Scott,"  and  many  other  notable  biographies  in  Appleton's  Cyclopedia  of  American  Biography,  etc. 


i6i 

Maj.  Holmes  Conrad,  solicitor-general  of  the  United  States,  followed  with  a  brief 
and  earnest  address  concerning  the  monument  they  had  dedicated,  and  also  went  for 
the  politicians  who  keep  alive  sectional  hatred. 

Gen.  Wright  was  next  called  on  and  spoke  of  the  work  entailed  on   him  as  follows: 

(Approved  Stenographic  Report.) 

BRIG.-GEN.   MARCUS  J.  WRIGHT, 
Of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Brig. -Gen.  Wright:  "Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Cincinnati  Board  of  Trade — 
I  fear  that  a  response  to  the  call  of  my  friend,  Gen.  Underwood,  for  me  to  address  you 
in  regard  to  the  publication  of  the  war  records,  will  tax  your  patience,  especially  after 
so  many  eloquent  addresses  by  distinguished  gentlemen,  representing  both  the  Federal 
and  Confederate  armies.  But  as  you  seem  to  wish  to  hear  me,  I  will  make  you  a  brief 
statement,  as  requested. 

"The  first  work  in  preparing  the  records  of  the  civil  war  for  publication  was  inaug- 
urated by  the  late  Gen.  E  D.  Townsend,  adjutant-general  of  the  United  States  army, 
under  an  act  of  Congress  of  date  May  19,  1864. 

"The  first  real  work  began  under  act  of  Congress  June  23.  1864,  which  provided 
means  for  the  secretary  of  war  to  begin  the  publication  of  the  records  of  the  war,  both 
Union  and  Confederate.  Since  then  appropriations  have  been  made  from  time  to  time 
to  continue  the  work.  Under  the  present  law  11,000  copies  are  printed  and  distributed 
to  such  persons,  libraries  and  institutions  as  the  members  of  the  Forty-seventh  Congress 
have  designated  to  the  secretary  of  war,  with  1,000  copies  for  the  executive  depart- 
ments, 1,000  copies  for  officers  of  the  army  and  contributors  to  the  work,  and  the 
remaining  copies  to  be  sold  at  cost  of  publication,  with  ten  per  cent  added. 

"These  records  contain  nothing  that  is  not  strictly  official.  There  is  no  editing  except 
in  arrangement  of  matter  chronologically  and  noting  absence  of  a  paper  referred  to  as 
'not  found,'  and  the  insertion  in  brackets  of  full  name  of  person  when  not  given  in 
original  paper. 

"The  Confederate  records  were  scattered  all  over  the  country,  in  the  possession  of 
various  persons,  and  it  has  been  my  duty  to  collect  them.  On  stating  in  a  circular, 
which  I  very  freely  distributed  every  year,  and  personally  stating  to  persons  in  possession 
of  Confederate  records  that  the  object  of  the  government  was  to  publish  a  full  and 
complete  record  of  the  war  on  both  sides,  I  have  had  little  difficulty  in  gathering  the 
Confederate  papers.  As  a  -matter  of  course,  the  Confederate  records  are  not  as  complete 
as  those  of  the  Union  army  but  by  diligent  search  we  have  been  enabled  to  make  that 
record  very  satisfactory. 

"These  records  are  divided  into  four  series.  The  first  series  will  contain  the 
formal  reports,  both  Union  and  Confederate,  of  all  operations  of  both  armies  from  the 
beginning  to  the  end  of  the  war.  The  campaigns  are  arranged  in  chronological  order. 

"The  second  series  will  contain  correspondence,  orders,  reports  and  returns, 
Union  and  Confederate,  in  regard  to  prisoners  of  war,  and  state  and  political  prisoners. 

"The  third  series  will  contain  correspondence,  orders,  reports  and  returns  of  Union 
authorities  not  relating  to  subjects  of  the  first  two  series. 

"The  fourth  series  will  contain  correspondence,  orders,  reports  and  returns  of  the 
Confederate  authorities  similar  to  that  indicated  for  the  Union  army  of  the  third  series. 

"It  may  be  that  the  very  valuable  and  interesting  diplomatic  correspondence  of  the 


162 

Confederate  authorities  will  also  be  embraced  in  the  publication,  as  it  will  throw  much 
light  on  matters  now  but  little  known. 

"No  other  government  has  ever  made  such  a  publication  of  a  civil  war,  and  I 
attribute  to  this  publication  much  of  the  good  feeling  and  patriotism  now  existing  in 
our  common  country.  We  are  all  proud  of  American  valor,  and  these  books  are  the 
best  evidences  on  that  subject.  We  are  greatly  gratified  at  the  reception  given  us  in 
Chicago  and  Cincinnati,  and  will  take  home  with  us  very  kind  remembrances  of  your 
hospitality  and  courtesy." 

Gen.  Kyd  Douglas,  the  leader  of  the  famous  Light  Brigade,  was  then  called  out. 
He  started  by  saying  that  he  never  before  had  been  in  a  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
knew  nothing  about  the  ways  of  its  members.  He  had  not  uttered  a  hundred  words 
before  it  was  seen  that  he  was  a  man  of  unusual  ability.  He  said  he  had  always 
desired  to  join  the  Society  of  Cincinnatus,  and  he  was  glad  he  could  do  it  now.  He  said 
the  Nation  had  been  rent  by  fire  and  flame,  but  the  sweet  waters  of  the  Potomac  and 
the  Ohio  would  reunite  it,  and  this  was  the  message  be  brought.  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner  was  good  enough  for  them  all  now  He  dwelt  at  some  length  on  the  horrors  of 
war  and  consequent  bloodshed,  and  paid  a  glowing  tribute  to  the  hospitality  of  the 
northern  people.  The  scenes  witnessed  yesterday,  he  declared,  seldom  take  place  on 
the  panorama  of  history.  He  knew  nothing  about  trade,  but  he  knew  it  followed  good 
will,  and  certainly  now  trade  would  come  north  and  go  south. 

Gen.  Harry  Heth,  a  hero  of  Gettysburg,  who  got  further  north  in  that  memorable 
battle  than  any  one  else,  now  living,  on  the  southern  side,  was  next  to  speak  He  said 
that  Cincinnati  had  captured  them  to-day,  but  the  city  would  remember  the  time,  thirty- 
three  years  ago,  when  he  had  come  near  capturing  it. 

Col.  Spooner  of  the  Union  Veteran  Legion,  asked  that  the  old  soldiers  be  allowed 
to  shake  hands  with  the  famous  men  present  before  they  left  the  floor,  which  they  did. 
The  party  then  adjourned  to  the  Queen  City  Club  house,  where  an  elegant  repast  was 
served  in  its  commodious  and  exquisitely  appointed  dining  room. 

THE  PARTY  GOES  TO  FORT  THOMAS,   KY. 

At  2:15  o'clock  two  special  cars,  offered  for  the  use  of  the  guests  by  the  street  rail- 
way company,  were  boarded  at  Fountain  square  and  the  delightful  trip  to  Fort  Thomas 
made.  The  beautiful  natural  scenery  along  the  way  was  spoken  of  by  all  and  greatly 
admired.  The  talk  took  as  many  turns  as  the  track  itself,  and  was  not  confined  to 
military  affairs  at  all. 

A  telegram  to  Gen.  Underwood  from  Gen.  Schofield  was  passed  around  one  car.  It 
read:  "I  hope  the  distinguished  Union  and  Confederate  soldiers  who  may  visit  Cincinnati 
upon  invitation  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  will  pay  a  visit  to  the  troops  at  Fort 
Thomas,  Ky.,  where  I  am  sure  they  will  receive  a  most  cordial  welcome.  I  will  wire 
the  commanding  officer  of  Fort  Thomas  that  he  may  expect  such  a  visit." 

When  the  party  arrived  at  the  fort  they  were  met  by  carriages  and  driven  to  the  post 
headquarters,  where  Col.  Cochran  and  staff  received  them.  They  were  invited  to  the 
reception  rooms  and  there  met  by  the  officers  and  the  ladies  of  the  garrison  and 
entertained  right  royally. 

A  bountiful  and  palatable  luncheon  was  served,  and  the  ride  from  the  city  had  fully 
prepared  the  party  to  enjoy  the  good  things  of  the  "spread."  The  iced  course  was 
scarcely  finished  before  patriotic  toasts  were  drank  in  the  most  excellent  of  military 
punches. 


Col.  Cochran  was  called  for  on  all  quarters,  and,  mounting  a  chair,  in  his  soldierly 
manner  said: 

(Approved  Stenographic  Report.) 

COL.    M.    A.    COCHRAN, 

U.  S.  Army. 

"Gentlemen  and  Comrades:  The  commanding  general  of  the  army  wired  information 
of  your  coming,  and  in  extending  these  hastily  prepared  hospitalities  the  hearty  good 
will  with  which  our  reception  is  made  is  offered  to  supply  any  lack  of  formality. 
Soldiers  need  little  etiquette  around  the  festive  board  in  the  club-room  of  a  military 
post.  The  draughts  with  which  our  patriotism  has  been  regaled  have  also  served  to 
renew  the  comradeship  of  the  'profession  of  arms,'  for  there  is  scarcely  a  chivalrous  tie 
so  strong  as  that  caused  through  service  in  battle,  whether  shoulder  to  shoulder  or  as 
soldiers  of  opposing  forces.  The  thrill  of  excitement  caused  by  the  constantly  changing 
situations  on  a  stricken  field,  adds  to  its  charm,  and  has  often  prompted  the  dashing 
bravery  so  frequently  exhibited  by  American  soldiery,  on  both  sides,  during  our  late  war. 

"I  am  more  of  a  soldier  than  a  speech -maker,  yet  I  would  in  my  military  way 
extend  to  you,  one  and  all,  the  heartiest  of  welcomes  to  Fort  Thomas,  and  shall  rely 
on  the  brilliant  sparkle  the  ladies  have  thrown  into  the  occasion  by  their  presence,  to 
ornament  the  naturally  beautiful  surroundings  of  the  post  and  stamp  the  visit  indelibly 
in  your  memories.  Having  drank  to  'The  Government,'  'The  Flag,'  and  'The  Army,'  I 
now  propose  an  additional  toast:  'To  the  true  comradeship  of  the  soldier,'  with  the 
hope  that  the  next  war  will  find  us  drinking  out  of  the  same  canteen."  (Vociferous 
applause  and  a  perfect  crush  to  obtain  the  hand-shake.) 

Many  of  the  distinguished  ex-Confederate  generals  were  called  on,  and  they  made 
short  addresses,  accepting  the  courtesies  so  lavishly  extended,  complimenting  the  com- 
mandant and  officers  on  the  martial  surroundings  and  praising  the  ladies  for  the  charm 
of  their  presence. 

The  guests  then,  on  invitation,  repaired  to  the  balconies  and  pavilion  on  the  parade 
ground  and  witnessed  a  "special  dress  parade"  by  the  regiment,  for  their  benefit,  which 
was  highly  enjoyed  by  all. 

The  old  commanders  say  there  have  been  many  and  excellent  changes  in  the  tactics 
since  they  were  in  the  field.  The  bluff,  which  Mr.  Glenn  asked  them  to  visit  before 
they  left,  commanding  such  a  magnificent  view  of  the  river,  was  visited  next,  and 
unqualified  admiration  expressed  by  all,  some  declaring  there  was  nothing  like  it  else- 
where in  America.  At  last  the  party  reluctantly  returned  to  the  city,  thoroughly 
enjoying  the  quick  trip  on  the  summer  special  cars.  They  reached  Fountain  square  at 
5:30,  and  transferring  to  other  special  cars,  were  whirled  away  to  the  Grand  Hotel,  there 
to  prepare  for  the  banquet  a  few  hours  later. 

The  entire  day  was  one  of  great  pleasure  and  interest  to  all,  and  the  greatest  of  the 
south's  citizens  will  return  to  it  full  of  Cincinnati's  wonderful  commercial  enterprise 
and  its  unexcelled  situation  between  the  north  and  south,  and  fully  prepared  to  second 
and  substantiate  its  claim  as  the  key  to  the  great  New  South. 


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Banquet 


UNDER  THE  AUSPICES  OF  THE 

CHAMBER    OF    COMMERCE. 


JAMES    M.   GLENN,   President  of  the  Chamber. 

Committee  on  Entertainment. 

MAURICE  J.   FREIBERG,   Vice-President  of  the  Chamber,   Chairman. 
WM.  McCALLISTER  B.  W.  CAMPBELL  H.   LEE  EARLY 

H.   H.   MEYER  E.   O.   McCORMICK 

RALPH  PETERS  BRENT  ARNOLD  JOS.   J.   HOOKER 

S.  M.  FELTON  ARCHER  BROWN 

R.  W.  WISE 

THE  PRESIDENT,   Ex-officio. 


In  addition  to  the  committee,  those  present,  besides 
Hon.  John  A.  Caldwell, 


Gen.  J.  D.  Cox, 

Rev.  Dudley  W.  Rhodes, 

Albert  Lackman, 

F.  M.  Huschart, 

Wm.  L.  Hunt, 

J.  W.  Biles, 

Col.  S.  D.  Maxwell, 

J.  N.  Wolliscroft, 

Capt.  Jas.  P.  Jackson, 

A.  G.  Corre, 

D.  C.  Shears, 

E.  L.  Heinsheimer, 
E.  T.  Osborn, 

L.  L.  Sadler, 

C.  Tillinghast, 

Henry  J.  Grossius, 

Dr.  Joseph  Ransohoff, 

E.  S.  Grant, 

J.  C.  Harper, 

J.  W.  Bailey, 

John   W.  Paul, 

A.  B.  Voorheis, 

A.  Ballard  of  Texas, 


Col.  C.  B.  Hunt, 
Adam  Smyrl, 
E.  P.  Wilson, 
J.  Walter  Freiberg, 
S.  W.  Trost, 
Hon.  J.  B.  Foraker, 
Dr.  C.  P.  Brent, 
James  D.  Parker, 
Louis  Kramer, 
T.  J.  Wyscarver, 
Col.  J.  M.  Arnold, 
Edward  Colston, 
D.  B.  Martin, 
Geo.  H.  Campbell, 
Jas.  M.  Southgate, 
David  J.  Workum, 
W.  W.  Lamar, 
Gen.  Michael  Ryan, 
C.  H.  Kellogg, 
Major  H.   P.  Lloyd, 
J.  T.  Carew, 
Herman  Goepper, 


the  guests  from  southland,  were: 

Col.  M.  A.  Cochran,  U.  S.  A. 

M.  E.  Engalls, 

N.  J.  Hoban, 

R.  Jackson, 

J.  L.  Workum, 

Geo.  N.  Stone, 

J.  G.  Schmidlapp, 

Capt.  L.  R.  Keck, 

Rev.  Geo.  A.  Thayer, 

C.  M    Holloway, 

Col.  L.  Marbeit, 

O.  G.  Murray, 

F.  D.  Comstock, 
A.  M.  Stimson, 
Julius  Fleishmann, 
Paris  C.  Brown, 

G.  T.  Miller, 
A.  H.  McLeod, 
F.  B.   Wiborg, 
W.  L.  Granger, 
Julius  Dexter, 
Wm.  H.   Alms, 
F.  A.  Rothier. 


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REV.  DUDLEY  W.   RHODES. 


ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME,     J.  M.  GLENN,  PRES'T 

CHAMBER   OF  COMMERCE. 


RESPONSE. 


GEN.  JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD. 


<3en.   3.  E>.  COI,  troastmastcr. 


Coasts. 

/      OUR  UNITED  COUNTRY,  SOLICITOR-GEN.  HOLMES  CONRAD. 


2.     CINCINNATI, 

THE  GATEWAY  OF  THE  SOUTH. 


3.  THE   SOLDIER   IN    POLITICS. 

4.  THE  OLD   HAVE  FORGIVEN, 

THE  YOUNG  HAVE  FORGOTTEN, 

5.  THE   PATRIOTIC   SOUTH. 

6.  THE   ARMY   AND   NAVY. 

7.  THE  SOLDIER    IN    PEACE  AND   WAR, 


MAJ.  H.   P.   LLOYD. 
GEN.  EPPA   HUNTON. 

GEN.  M.   J.   RYAN. 

MAJ.  R.   W.  HUNTER. 

COL.  M.  A.  COCHRAN. 

GEN.  H.  KYD  DOUGLAS. 


Stjcrry  LITTLE  NECK  CLAMS 

SALTED   ALMONDS.  ICED  OLIVES. 

CONSOMME   IMPERIALE. 


SOFT  SHELL   CRABS,  BORDELAISE. 
CUCUMBERS. 


<£Iaret 


SUPREME   OF  CHICKEN,   DELMONICO. 
ASPARAGUS.  POTATOES  IN  FORM. 


Champagne 


CAKES. 


<£ta.ars 


Punch,  a  la  Slue  anb  (Stay. 


ENGLISH    SNIPE,  SUR   CANAPE. 
WATER  CRESS  SALAD. 


ICE  CREAM,   IN 

STRAWBERRIES. 


CHEESE 


June  i,  1895. 


SEK  FOLLOWING  PAGE. 


169 


THE    BANQUET. 

The  banquet  was  served  in  Congress  hall  of  the  Grand  Hotel  and 
was  spread  for  100  guests,  the  table  being  continuous  and  arranged 
in  the  shape  of  the  letter  U,  with  President  Glenn,  Gens.  Cox  and 
Hunton,  Col.  Cochran,  Majs.  Lloyd  and  Conrad  and  other  speakers 
seated  around  the  convex  side  of  the  center  section. 

Before  the  covers  were  removed  President  Glenn  called  upon  Rev. 
Dudley  W.  Rhodes  to  bless  the  repast  and  proceedings,  which  he  did  by 
a  most  admirable  and  appropriate  grace.  The  gentlemen  comprising 
the  party  were  then  seated  and  partook  of  and  enjoyed  the  many  good 
things,  placed  before  them,  and  the  individualities  of  the  social  board. 

The  only  regret  was  the  absence  of  Gens.  Longstreet,  Fitz  Lee  and 
Butler,  the  former  being  obliged  to  keep  his  room  in  consequence  of 
indisposition  caused  by  fatigue  and  the  intense  heat,  and  the  two  latter 
having  been  hurriedly  called  to  the  capital  by  wire.  But  like  everything 
of  even  a  semi-military  nature,  sorrows  are  made  to  give  place  to 
pleasures,  and  the  wine  and  hilarious  spirits  of  the  party  flowed  with 
rivalling  rapidity  and  contentment  reigned  supreme. 

After  the  cigars  had  been  passed  Mr.  E.  O.  McCormick  left  the  room 
very  unceremoniously,  so  much  so  that  his  departure  caused  remarks  and 
all  sorts  of  reasons  were  given  for  his  hasty  retreat.  However,  he 
returned  a  few  minutes  later,  escorting  the  ladies,  who  had  made  the  trip 
to  Kentucky  in  the  afternoon,  and  graced  the  hospitable  reception  at 
Fort  Thomas.  As  they  entered,  everyone  arose  and  prolonged  applause 
was  the  salute  with  which  they  were  greeted,  for  all  recognized  that  they 
would  not  only  surround  the  proceedings  with  the  charm  of  feminine 
beauty  and  culture,  but  also  add  to  the  pleasure  of  the  occasion  through 
the  delights  brought  by  their  presence. 

When  the  room  had  quieted  the  representative  of  the  city's  commerce 
arose  and  spoke  as  follows: 


JAMES  M.   GLENN, 

President  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Cincinnati. 

President  Glenn:    "My  Friends  from  the  South,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen- 
"As  president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  representing  the  business 
community  of  this  city,  I  now  officially  welcome  you  to  Cincinnati,  the 
great  municipal  gateway  between  your  section  and  mine.      If  I  possessed 


May  29-June  2,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC 

Albert  Akers  was  born  in  Appomattox  county,  Va.,  January  6,  1841.  Educated  at  Lynchburg,  Va.,  and  Western  Military 
Institute,  Nashville,  Tenn.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  was  appointed  drill  master  to  the  Second  Tennessee 
infantry;  soon  commissioned  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  regiment,  and  commanded  his  company  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh, 
April  6.  1862,  where  he  was  desperately  wounded,  a  musket  ball  passing  entirely  through  his  body.  Left  on  the  battle- 
field for  dead,  he  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Federals  and  was  removed  to  Cincinnati  and  kept  in  hospital  until  October, 
1862.  He  was  then  taken  to  Camp  Chase,  thence  to  Cairo,  111.,  and  from  there  to  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  and  exchanged, 
November,  1862.  He  was  sent  to  the  parole  hospital  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  and  afterward  granted  a  furlough;  went  to  and 
remained  at  Lynchburg,  Va.,  until  May,  1863,  when  he  reported  for  duty  at  Richmond.  He  there  learned  that  in  the 
belief  that  he  was  dead,  his  funeral  discourse  had  been  preached  in  Nashville,  his  commission  vacated;  that  the  captain 
of  his  company  had  fallen  in  battle,  and  the  promotion  to  which  he  was  thereby  entitled  had  passed  to  another.  How- 
ever, an  order  was  issued  from  the  war  department  restoring  him  to  his  command  and  giving  him  a  commission  as 
captain.  Regarded  as  not  fit  for  active  service,  he  was  temporarily  assigned  to  duty  at  Macon,  Ga.,  as  provost  marshal 
and  mustering  officer.  He  returned  to  his  regiment  and,  at  the  head  of  his  company,  was  actively  engaged  in  the  battle 
of  Chickamauga,  September  19-20,  1863,  in  which  he  behaved  with  conspicuous  gallantry.  In  a  skirmish  near  Atlanta, 
July  18,  i864,  he  was  again  wounded  and  disabled  from  duty  for  two  months,  when  he  resumed  his  command  and  remained 
with  it  until  the  surrender  under  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston  at  Greensboro.  He  was  brevetted  major  for  bravery  and  meri- 
torious conduct  at  Shiloh. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  practice  in  1865.  City  attor- 
ney 1866-68;  clerk  of  the  Circuit  and  Law  courts  of  Davidson  county,  Tenn.,  1870-74;  delegate  from  Tennessee  to  the 
Geographical  and  Scientific  Congress  in  Paris,  France,  1875;  United  States  attorney  in  the  adjustment  of  claims  against 
the  government  on  account  of  swamp  land  indemnities,  i88<;;  resigned  in  1889  to  accept  a  highly  responsible  position  in 
the  law  and  medical  revision  department  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  which  he  still  retains, 
residing  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Colonel  and  inspector-general,  U.  C.  V.;  a  public  speaker  and  humorist  of  rarest  merit. 


the  tongue  of  some  of  your  famous  orators  I  might  impress  you  more  pleas- 
ingly with  the  heartfelt  earnestness  of  our  greeting.  Let  me  say,  how- 
ever, with  that  brevity  which  is  the  soul  of  wit,  that  it  is  most  fitting  for 
the  north  and  south  to  eat,  drink  and  be  merry  together;  and  above  all  for 
the  Queen  City  of  the  west  to  play  the  hostess  on  this  felicitous  occasion. 

"There  is  no  other  city  which  could  better  entertain  her  southern 
neighbors  than  this;  no  other  place  where  northern  veterans  and  southern 
heroes  could  meet  more  cordially  at  the  same  board  and  grasping  each 
other's  hands,  say:  'Brother,  ours  was  a  family  quarrel;  both  sides  were 
brave;  the  past  is  forgotten,  we  will  look  to  the  common  future  with 
hopes  prepared  for  an  ampler  vision  of  prosperity,  a  closer  union  and  a 
more  enduring  patriotism.'  (Applause). 

"To  the  ex-Confederate  generals  and  all  the  representatives  of  the 
southern  soil  who  are  here,  I  proclaim  you  the  guests  of  Cincinnati 
to-night.  Guests  you  shall  ever  be  when  it  suits  your  pleasure  to  accept 
the  hospitalities  of  our  city,  and  friends  you  shall  ever  be  whether  you 
are  here  in  body  or  in  spirit. 

"But  I  prefer  to  speak  especially  of  our  commercial  kinship.  We 
have  not  only  reunited  our  hearts,  but  we  have  effected  a  fraternity  of 
our  pockets.  Cincinnati  is  the  greatest  mart  of  trade  and  manufacture 
in  the  central  west,  and  it  is  more  closely  allied  with  your  people  than 
any  other  city  in  America.  For  this  reason  it  gives  me  great  pleasure  to 
ask  you  to  take  back  to  every  section  of  the  south  the  greeting  of  Cin- 
cinnati's business  men.  When  we  learned  that  these  distinguished  south- 
erners were  to  pass  through  our  city  en  route  to  their  homes,  we  deter- 
mined to  capture  them  if  possible,  not  as  capturing  was  done  thirty 
years  ago,  but  by  the  gentler  arts  of  peace.  For  to-night,  therefore,  you 
are  our  prisoners.  We  will  treat  you  to  the  best  we  have,  but  we  will 
hold  you  as  hostages  for  the  love  and  sympathy  of  the  southland. 

"But  to  the  fair  ladies  who  accompany  your  party,  we  have  only  to 
say  that  we  are  their  prisoners;  they  have  captured  us. 

"Know,  then,  one  and  all,  and  you,  sir  (addressing  Gen.  Underwood), 
as  the  spokesman  of  our  visitors,  that  we  make  you  a  part  of  our 
municipal  family  to-night;  that  we  are  proud  to  have  you  with  us  and 
that  we  sincerely  hope  you  will  all  come  again,  when  you  can  stay  longer. " 
(Great  applause.) 

MAJ.-GEN.   JOHN  C.   UNDERWOOD, 

Ex-Lieut. -Gov.  of  Kentucky. 

Gen.  Underwood:  ilMr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Citizens  of  Cincinnati  and  Friends,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen — You 


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no   doubt  know   that  among  the   various   attributes    of    a    Kentuckian 
modesty  is  the  most  prominent,  and  the  battery  of  bright  and  beautiful 
eyes,  added  as  a  complimentary  audience  on  this  occasion,  is  enough  to 
appall  even  the  bravest.     (Laughter.) 

"Over  thirty  years  ago  I  was  a  prisoner,  confined  first  in  Kemper 
barracks  on  Third  street  and  afterward  in  McLean  barracks  on  Sixth 
street  in  this  goodly  city.  I  had  been  captured  the  summer  of  1863,  by 
being  left  within  the  Federal  lines,  sick  with  typhoid  fever,  on  the  retreat 
of  Gen.  Bragg's  army  from  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  and,  at  the  time  of  my 
incarceration  in  Cincinnati  I  was  in  a  feeble  condition,  but,  nevertheless, 
soon  learned  the  rigidity  with  which  opposing  elements  are  treated 
during  times  of  war.  The  contrast  between  this  most  bountiful  banquet 
and  the  royal  accommodations  of  your  truly  'Grand'  hotel  to-night, 
and  the  prison  fare  and  my  personal  recollection  of  sleeping  on  an  iron 
bedstead  with  a  Federal  soldier  constantly  near,  with  fixed  bayonet  to 
guard  the  fever-worn  and  enfeebled  'desperate'  prisoner,  is  as  wide  as 
our  land  from  ocean  to  ocean.  The  bitterness  of  that  era  has  passed 
away,  overstrained  imaginations  of  desperation  have  given  place  to  a 
frank  and  free  acknowledgment  of  possible  errors  and  misconceptions 
by  both  sides,  and  things  are  not  as  they  were.  The  change  is  healthy! 
Thirty  years  after  the  war  is  time  enough  to  hold  animosities  and  this 
occasion  is  most  auspicious,  because  of  the  distinguished  elements  com- 
mingling here  to-night.  (Applause.)  The  'southern'  has  in  a  manner 
forgotten  the  hardships,  trials  and  losses  of  the  past,  in  his  acceptance 
of  the  result  of  the  issue  by  arbitrament  of  arms;  and  in  so  doing  has 
displayed  the  soundest  of  good  sense  by  making  the  most  of  the 
inevitable.  We  are  here  not  by  compulsion,  neither  for  unprofitable 
debate,  nor  for  any  other  purpose  than  that  of  good  will  and  harmony, 
with  the  view  of  sharing  reciprocal  benefit  with  the  north,  socially, 
politically  and  materially.  The  south,  as  a  people,  are  unalloyed  and 
Americans  to  the  core,  and,  through  its  recuperative  powers,  is  now  the 
large  section  of  the  country  fast  becoming  self-sustaining  in  every 
particular.  The  railroads  recognize,  through  its  redevelopment,  a 
rich  harvest  of  transportation  in  the  near  future;  and  its  people  are  law 
abiding  from  the  lowest  to  the  highest.  (Applause.)  It  both  wants  and 
needs  co-operative  business  with  sister  northern  states,  and  the  cotton 
fields  of  its  broad  acres,  now  hear  the  hum  of  machinery  in  places 
where  the  spindles  of  cotton  factories  were  never  dreamed  of  in  ante- 
bellum days.  In  business,  the  past  is  dead;  in  living  hearts,  both  politic 
and  true,  the  friendliest  intercourse  for  the  future  is  assured  and  dis- 
sension has  given  place  to  concord,  with  a  jointly  united  purpose  to 


work  out  prosperity  and  enjoy  happiness  throughout  a  reunited,  glorious 
nation — the  land  of  the  free.  (Prolonged  applause.) 

"Ohio  is  one  of  the  best  all-around  states  in  the  Union,  and  it  is 
only  necessary  to  travel  through  it  and  see  the  fertile  fields,  prosperous 
mines  and  great  manufacturing  interests  to  learn  and  know  the  truth  of 
the  statement.  Its  numerous  cities,  containing  magnificent  business 
blocks  and  palatial  residences  are  made  to  stand  out  in  bold  relief  by  a 
background  of  live  smokestacks,  and  the  street  hum  of  busy  traffic  is 
blended  with  the  constant  music  of  the  artisan's  hammer.  Cincinnati, 
its  most  prominent  and  largest  city,  is  conservative  and  safe  in  its  every 
action,  with  unbounded  credit,  stanch  and  admirable  banking  and  varied 
business  facilities,  with  its  hundreds  of  miles  of  street  car  railways  and 
inclined  roadways  up  the  heights  to  the  most  beautiful  suburbs  of  any 
city;  with  its  many  denominational  churches,  each  with  the  'tallest 
steeple'  and  all  as  popular  as  the  'little  chapel  around  the  corner;'  with 
its  superb  system  of  public  schools  and  innumerable  residences  display- 
ing comfort,  luxury  and  magnificence,  it  is  undoubtedly  a  veritable 
paradise  in  which  to  live.  (Loud  and  continued  applause.) 

"The  broad  river,  flowing  between  the  sister  States  of  Ohio  and 
Kentucky  for  500  miles,  does  not  bound  separate  and  foreign  gov- 
ernments, but  artery-like,  courses  its  way  with  the  life  fluid  of  natural 
commerce  between  sections  of  one  people,  distinct  in  location,  but 
united  in  business  purpose.  Cincinnati,  the  great  city  of  the  northern 
sister,  is,  in  fact,  the  gateway  to  the  south  and  the  capital  mart  of 
central  and  northern  Kentucky,  while  the  State  of  Ohio  from  the 
lakes  to  this  dividing  river  is  agriculturally,  minerally  and  mechanically 
prosperous,  and  possesses  a  pronounced  radical  patriotism.  The  strong 
southern  and  elder  state,  Kentucky,  the  first  daughter  of  the  revolutionary 
federation,  now  a  Bourbon  Democratic  sister,  no  longer  the  'dark  and 
bloody  ground'  of  a  pre-historic  period,  but  liberal  and  enlightened  in  all 
things,  shakes  hands  across  the  gulf  of  former  hatreds  so  thoroughly 
that  the  typical  southerner  of  the  central  state  blue  grass,  yellow  grain 
and  rich  tobacco  fields  of  the  Green  river  section,  can  socially  greet  his 
cooler  neighbor  from  the  wool-growing  regions  of  Lake  Erie,  and  join 
in  a  united  patriotic  sentiment  over  the  festive  board  without  gauging 
the  size  of  the  draught  that  quenches  the  thirst  of  his  friend.  (Laughter 
and  applause.) 

"The  picture  drawn  between  Ohio  and  Kentucky  is  but  typical  of  all 
the  states  in  greater  and  less  degrees,  and  'twould  be  folly  to  assert 
otherwise  should  any  one  so  wish.  In  consequence  of  my  early  support 
of  Cincinnati's  southern  railway  scheme  and  subsequent  official  aid 


174 

toward  the  completion  of  the  enterprise,  to  say  nothing  of  my  residing 
for  several  years  at  Columbus,  I  claim  connection  with  the  great  State  of 
Ohio  and  cousinly  relationship,  at  least,  for  the  reasons  that  my  father 
fought  under  the  first  Harrison  in  Dudley's  defeat  opposite  Fort  Meigs, 
and,  when  a  wounded  prisoner,  'ran  the  Indian  gauntlet'  on  the  banks 
of  the  Maumee  river  near  Toledo.  He  afterward  made  the  first  white 
man's  trans-Ohio  water  trip  from  Sandusky  to  Portsmouth,  and  my 
great-uncle,  Joseph  Rogers,  a  captive,  disguised  as  an  Indian,  gave  up 
his  life  in  Gen.  Clark's  fight  with  the  Pawnee  Indians  at  Piqua,  shot  by 
red  man  or  Kentuckian,  while  trying  to  escape  to  his  cousin's  army;  and, 
later,  through  the  acts  of  Ohio's  natural  orator,  Thos.  Corwin,  who  was 
instrumental  in  securing  my  release  on  parole  from  the  Fort  Warren 
prison  by  special  order  of  President  Lincoln.  The  knowledge  of  such 
historic  events  cannot  fail  to  bring  closer  together  the  elements  of  the 
former  associations  of  fraternal  blood  ties,  and  in  this  nsw  era,  not 
of  forgetfulness,  but  of  harmonization  and  reciprocal  friendly  inter- 
course, the  true  man  from  either  of  the  formerly  belligerent  sections 
cannot  but  hail  a  reunited  Nation  with  sincerest  gratitude. 

"It  was  with  such  feeling  that  I  asked  my  southern  friends  to  accept 
the  invitation  to  visit  your  city,  and,  as  a  resident  of  the  first  and 
adjoining  central  border  southern  state  and  the  originator  of  the  move- 
ment now  so  happily  culminating,  I,  on  behalf  of  the  people  of  the 
south,  accept  the  hearty  and  warm  welcome  so  lavishly  and  hospitably 
extended  to  its  representatives  by  the  president  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and,  through  him,  by  the  citizens  generally  of  Cincinnati. 
(Applause.)  I  would  stop  here  were  it  not  a  punishment,  if  not  an 
impossibility,  for  a  Kentuckian  to  cease  speaking  without  first  paying 
proper  tribute  to  the  fair  ladies  present.  (Laughter.)  No  burying  of 
the  hatchet,  no  sealing  of  mutual  vows  of  future  friendship  and  national 
unity  can  be  so  well  witnessed  as  by  the  eyes  of  those,  the  types  of  our 
mothers,  sisters,  wives  and  daughters.  The  ladies  present,  descendants 
of  revolutionary  sires,  by  the  charm  of  their  loveliness,  lend  enchant- 
ment to  the  occasion  and  forever  attest  and  bespeak  the  keeping  of 
vows,  self-promised  to-night  in  silent  obligation. 

"Fair  woman  is  the  fitting  being  to  rub  off  and  smooth  down  the 
asperities  of  former  hatreds,  for  in  her  ministrations  the  gentleness  of 
her  nature,  the  chastity  of  her  thought  and  Christian  purpose  is  felt 
everywhere:  the  preceptor  of  intuitive  right,  a  diamond  in  brilliancy,  a 
pearl  in  gentle  radiance,  a  dewdrop  in  purity,  complete  the  ensemble, 
and,  in  retiring,  I  bow  to  her  shrine,  a  prisoner  unto  death."  (Vociferous 
and  prolonged  applause.) 


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President  Glenn:  "Ladies  and  Gentlemen — I  now  have  the  pleasure 
to  present  our  soldier-statesman,  Gen.  J.  D.  Cox,  as  the  toastmaster." 
(Gen.  Cox  was  greeted  with  rousing  applause.) 

MAJ.-GEN.  JACOB  D.   COX, 

Ex.-Gov.  of  Ohio. 

Gen.  Cox:  "Mr.  President  and  Genttemen. — It  was  a  most  appropriate 
and  graceful  thing  for  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  represent  the  people 
of  Cincinnati  in  welcoming  these  distinguished  southern  soldiers  on  their 
way  home  from  the  dedication  of  the  monument  to  their  comrades  in  one 
of  Chicago's  beautiful  cemeteries. 

"Commerce  is  not  a  mere  pursuit  of  gain  by  trading.  It  is  sys- 
tematic and  enlightened  intercourse  among  men.  It's  keen-eyed  activity 
is  untiring  in  bringing  distant  parts  of  the  country  and  of  the  world  into 
closer  touch  and  more  appreciative  acquaintance.  The  intelligent  mer- 
chant studies  the  progress  of  every  community  into  which  his  enterprise 
carries  him,  notes  its  changes  of  sentiment,  stimulates  the  growth  of 
every  kindly  feeling,  and  thus  is  a  go-between  of  busy,  friendly  influence, 
bringing  his  own  home  and  the  home  of  his  customers  into  more  sympa- 
thetic relations  and  more  appreciative  spirit. 

"  This  patriotic,  this  educative  work,  the  organized  body  of  mer- 
chants in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  been  doing  for  years,  and  we 
thank  them  for  now  bringing  these  representative  men  of  the  south  into 
personal  and  social  contact  with  their  brethren  of  the  north.  The  meet- 
ing is  full  of  significance.  It  speaks  louder  than  words,  saying:  '  You 
who  were  once  estranged  from  each  other,  even  to  the  extent  of  desperate 
and  blood}'  war,  are  brethren  again!'  This  great  body  of  merchants, 
with  the  knowledge  gained  through  a  thousand  channels  of  sure  infor- 
mation, becomes  the  public  guarantor  that  a  true  fraternal  feeling  has  in 
fact  prevailed,  and  that  in  both  north  and  south  a  common  patriotism, 
a  common  loyalty  to  the  United  States,  a  common  devotion  to  the 
national  flag  is  found.  We,  their  guests,  are  in  our  own  persons  the 
proof  that  what  they  say  is  true!  (Applause.) 

"In  my  service  in  the  national  army,  the  names  of  many  of  those 
whom  I  meet  here  to-night  were  very  familar,  not  merely  with  familiar- 
ity which  fame  gives  to  the  names  of  stout  soldiers.  There  was  another, 
a  more  personal  interest.  It  is  one  thing  to  read  of  men  prominent  in  a 
great  war;  it  is  quite  another  to  look  across  the  interval  between  hostile 
pickets  in  the  field  and  say  to  one's  self:  '  Longstreet  is  commanding 


MAJ.-GEN.  J.  D.  COX, 

DURING   THE   SIXTIES. 


June  i,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Jacob  Dolson  Cox  was  born  in  New  York,  October  27,  1828;  graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1851. 

Member  of  Ohio  Senate  in  1860,  brigadier-general  of  Ohio  troops,  April,  1861;  brigadier-general  of  United  States  volunteers, 
May,  1861;  major-general  of  United  States  volunteers.  October,  1862;  commandant  of  Twenty-third  army  corps,  March. 
1865;  governor  of  Ohio,  1866-67;  secretary  of  interior,  1869;  representative  in' Congress,  1877-78;  dean  of  the  Cincinnati 
Law  School  July,  1880 — 


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yonder,  French's  division  holds  that  height,  Fitz  Lee's  horsemen  hold 
that  wood,  Hampton's  legion  is  marching  there!'  That  is  the  past  which 
comes  back  when  I  meet  around  this  board  many  oi  these  distinguished 
men  for  the  first  time,  though  after  so  long,  and  in  some  cases  so  inti- 
mate an  acquaintance.  How  curious  it  is  to  compare  the  features  and 
the  personal  presence  with  the  mental  portrait  with  which  one  has  long 
been  familiar!  What  a  zest  it  gives  to  the  thought  that  we  are  really 
friends  and  countrymen! 

"With  some  of  them,  like  my  friend,  Gen.  Hunton,  who  sits  beside 
me,  I  have  served  in  civil  duties,  and  have  known  by  surest  personal 
knowledge  that  they  not  only  had  been  gallant  and  able  soldiers  in  the 
field,  but  had  become  representatives  of  the  new  south  in  the  national 
legislative  halls,  with  as  unquestioned  allegiance  to  the  Nation  and  as 
patriotic  devotion  to  the  service  of  the  whole  country  as  any  of  us  would 
venture  to  claim.  Accepting  the  results  of  the  great  struggle  with  candor 
of  heart  and  directness  of  purpose,  without  hesitation  or  mental  reserva- 
tion, they  throw  their  whole  strength  into  the  work  of  developing  the 
national  prosperity  and  making  our  common  heritage  more  than  ever 
precious  to  our  children.  (Applause.) 

"And  I  love  to  think  that  some  who  cannot  be  with  us  to-night 
because 

'Their  souls  are  with  the  saints,  we  trust,' 

proved  before  they  left  us  how  earnest  and  sincere  they  were  in  trying 
to  lead  their  countrymen  into  the  fullest  recognition  of  the  fact  that  the 
war  was  over,  and  that  it  was  a  supreme  duty  to  build  with  utmost  dili- 
gence the  reconstructed  Union  on  the  foundation  of  hearty  obedience  to 
the  whole  constitution  and  most  honest  citizenship  in  the  whole  Nation. 

"Few  would  claim  for  Robert  E.  Lee  a  higher  place  as  a  soldier  than 
I  would  cordially  yield,  but  I  love  best  to  think  of  him  as  a  model  of 
citizenship  when  Appomattox  was  behind  him  and  when,  with  his  mate- 
rial fortunes  apparently  ruined,  he  was  showing  with  what  dignity,  with 
what  charity,  with  what  modesty  a  great  man  can  teach  his  followers 
how  to  bow  to  the  decrees  of  Providence.  He  did  not  stop  to  bewail  the 
past,  he  did  not  hide  himself  in  despair,  nor  shirk  the  duty  which  came 
to  hand.  By  every  word  and  every  act  he  set  the  example  of  accepting 
results  without  reserve  and  bending  every  energy  to  bring  Virginia  and 
her  sister  states  out  of  the  straits  which  necessarily  followed  such  a  war. 

"With  a  fine  sense  of  propriety,  he  hesitated  to  accept  even  the  head- 
ship of  an  institution  of  learning  till  he  could  satisfy  himself  that  it  would 
not  give  public  offense  on  account  of  his  prominence  in  the  great  strife. 


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He  was  ready  to  become  a  plain  farmer  and  get  his  bread  by  the  labor 
of  his  own  hands  if  that  would  best  teach  his  people  the  quiet,  unques- 
tioning obedience  to  the  laws,  which  was  the  first  condition  of  a  solidly 
renewed  citizenship.  (Great  applause.) 

"But  when  he  went  to  preside  over  the  college  at  Lexington,  the 
closing  scenes  of  his  career  lent  a  new  dignity  to  his  character  and  drew 
the  hearts  of  candid  and  thoughtful  persons  toward  him  with  wondrous 
power.  His  influence  on  the  young  men  who  crowded  about  him  was 
elevating  and  inspiring.  His  daily  life  was  a  lesson  in  letting  'the  dead 
past  bury  its  dead.'  His  every  word  taught  good  faith  and  earnestness 
in  accepting  the  obligations  of  citizenship.  With  a  grave  and  noble 
cheerfulness  he  showed  that  the  future  might  be  every  great  and  glorious 
thing  the  young  men  of  the  generation  would  patriotically  determine  to 
make  it. 

"I  am  sure  it  would  be  difficult  to  overestimate  the  value  of  that 
example  and  that  teaching  in  preparing  the  way  for  the  fraternity  of 
which  we  are  here  to-night  the  visible  proofs  and  living  witnesses.  Past 
conflicts  may  well  be  forgotten  in  the  homage  to  such  a  character,  and 
whether  we  wore  the  blue  or  the  gray,  we  may  find  common  ground  and 
a  new  bond  of  union  in  our  admiration  of  it."  (Prolonged  applause.) 

Gen.  Cox:  "The  first  and  most  auspicious  toast,  'Our  United  Coun- 
try,' was  to  have  been  responded  to  by  Gen.  Fitzhugh  Lee,  but  the 
general  having  been  called  by  official  duties  is  unavoidably  absent, 
therefore  the  sentiment  will  be  responded  to  by  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent civil  officers  of  the  general  government;  and  I  now  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  introducing  Solicitor-General  Conrad. 


MAJ.  HOLMES  CONRAD, 

Solicitor  General  United  States. 

Maj.  Conrad:  "Ladies  and  Gentlemen — I  invoke  your  sympathy  that 
it  has  fallen  to  my  lot  to  occupy  the  place  which  had  been  assigned  to 
Gen.  Lee.  I  cannot  allow  to  pass  unchallenged  the  statement  from  our 
distinguished  chairman,  that  a  'new  patriotism'  now  inspires  the  people 
of  the  south.  The  patriotism  of  Robert  E.  Lee  was  the  patriotism  of 
George  Washington;  the  patriotism  of  1861  was  that  of  1776.  It  was 
strong,  unyielding  and  unselfish  love  of  country.  It  rested  upon  a  con- 
viction which  had  been  formed  in  the  minds  of  the  people  of  the  south 
when  the  Federal  constitution  was  adopted,  and  which  their  education 
and  experience  had  confirmed,  that  home  rule  was  the  surest  safeguard 


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of  our  republican  institution  and  form  of  government;  that  the  evils 
which  threatened  us  from  centralization  and  paternalism  in  the  Federal 
government  were  far  greater  and  more  disastrous  than  any  which  could 
result  from  according  to  the  several  states  the  rights  and  responsibilities 
which,  as  we  conceived,  rightfully  belonged  to  them.  We  submitted 
our  cause  to  the  decision  of  the  sword,  and  we  lost. 

"No  weak  repinings,  no  unmanly  complaints,  no  unworthy  or 
ignoble  designs  have  found  place  among  us.  We  accepted  the  result 
with  fortitude.  We  have  endured  the  long  and  bitter  train  of  conse- 
quent evils  with  a  courage  that  has  never  faltered  and  a  virtue  that  has 
never  failed.  Our  patriotism  has  never  changed,  it  has  abided  and  sus- 
tained us  in  war  and  in  peace.  In  sincere  and  ardent  love  of  country 
we  have  yielded  to  none.  (Applause.) 

"It  is  true,  indeed,  that  with  the  people  of  the  south  their  patriotic 
ardor  was  more  immediately  kindled  by  the  flag  that  bore  the  emblem  of 
state  authority  than  by  the  gorgeous  ensign,  which  was  the  symbol  of 
Federal  supremacy,  but  this  was  due,  as  well  to  the  views  of  govern- 
ment in  which  they  had  been  trained  as  to  the  fact  that  their  own  states 
had  furnished  many  of  the  statesmen  and  soldiers  who  had  given  that 
national  banner  its  commanding  place  among  the  flags  of  the  nations. 

"We  are  here  to-night,  not  as  the  citizens  of  states,  but  as  citizens 
of  the  republic.  If  challenged  at  your  outposts,  we  compel  admission 
to  your  camp  by  that  countersign  that  has  prevailing  power  over  every 
American  heart — 'I  am  an  American  citizen.' 

"Our  country  is  united.  United  in  interests,  united  in  sentiment  and 
united  in  destiny.  Let  but  some  hostile  invader  from  a  foreign  shore 
insult  our  coasts  and  the  citizen  soldiers  of  the  north  will  be  swift 
indeed  if  they  anticipate  those  who  will  gather  from  the  south  to  the 
defense  of  our  common  country.  (Applause.) 

"We  are  united  in  our  material  interests.  You  gentlemen  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  whose  munificent  hospitality  we  are  enjoying 
to-night,  must  rightly  discern  the  underlying  forces  on  which  our 
domestic  commerce  depend  and  see  to  it  that  they  are  rightly  applied. 

"I  fear  that  the  mere  professional  politician  has  more  to  do  with  the 
application  of  these  forces  than  the  merchant  or  the  manufacturer. 
That  the  perplexing  and  ceaselessly  disturbing  questions  of  tariff,  cur- 
rency and  interstate  commerce  are  kept  alive  and  not  suffered  to  settle 
down  into  a  national  adjustment  under  the  fixed  laws  of  trade,  because 
the  politician  knows  too  well  that  with  their  final  settlements  his  avoca- 
tion is  gone."  (Continued  applause.) 

Gen.  Cox:  "The  next  sentiment  was  to  have  been  responded  toby 
his  Honor,  Mayor  Caldwell,  but,  owing  to  temporary  sickness,  his  indis- 


June  i,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Harlan  P.  Lloyd  was  born  at  Angelica,  N.  Y.,  of  English  and  Welsh  parentage,  and  after  a  high  school  and  collegiate  educa- 
tion in  his  native  state,  entered  the  Union  army  in  1861,  raising  a  company  of  volunteers  in  his  county.  He  was  engaged 
under  Gen.  Burnside  in  the  operations  in  North  Carolina,  and  later  was  transferred  to  a  cavalry  regiment,  and  served  in 
the  cavalry  corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  under  Gens.  Custer  and  Sheridan.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  the 
Wilderness.  Spottsylvania  C.  H.,Cold  Harbor,  the  siege  of  Petersburg,  at  Jerusalem  Plank  Road,  and  in  all  the  battles 
of  the  Wilson  raid  south  of  Richmond,  in  June,  1864.  His  regiment  was  then  sent  to  the  Shenandoah  valley,  and  took 
part  in  every  battle  of  Gen.  Sheridan's  brilliant  campaign.  While  leading  a  charge  at  the  head  of  his  command  near 
Winchester,  in  August,  1864,  he  was  shot  directly  through  the  body,  and  was  considered  mortally  wounded.  He  recov- 
ered, however,  rejoined  his  regiment  in  the  field  in  December,  1864.  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  taking  part  with 
Gen.  Grant's  army  in  its  final  engagements;  was  twice  promoted  for  gallantry  on  the  field,  and  brevetted  by  the  President. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  entered  the  practice  of  law  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  has  been  very  actively  engaged  professionally, 
and  has  attained  a  high  rank  at  the  bar  of  that  city:  has  been  frequently  employed  in  United  States  courts  and  asso- 
ciated in  the  practice  with  some  of  the  most  distinguished  lawyers  of  the  land. 

He  has  been  very  actively  interested  in  many  philanthropic  associations  of  his  city  and  state,  and  is  a  very  prominent 
member  of  the  military  order  of  the  Loyal  Legion:  is  a  member  of  the  various  literary,  social  and  political  clubs;  has 
been  quite  a  traveler,  making  four  different  trips  to  Europe,  where  he  spent  much  time  in  special  study  in  England, 
Germany  and  Austria. 


position  is  such  as  to  prevent  his  attendance  and  therefore  the  toast 
"Cincinnati,  the  Gateway  of  the  South,"  will  be  responded  to  by  Maj. 
H.  P.  Lloyd,  the  representative  of  the  mayor." 

T 

MAJ.   H.   P.   LLOYD, 

Of  Cincinnati. 

Maj.  Lloyd  was  greeted  with  enthusiasm  and  said  that  while  he 
regretted  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  mayor,  yet  he  was  glad  of  the 
opportunity  to  say  a  word  to  the  renowned  visitors  and  welcome  them  to 
Cincinnati,  the  central  and  main  gateway  between  the  north  and  south, 
which  he  did  in  a  most  agreeable,  hospitable  and  emphatic  manner, 
thereby  eliciting  the  heartiest  applause  from  the  visiting  guests  and  the 
fullest  expressions  of  endorsement  from  the  city's  prominent  citizens 
present. 

The  major  paid  a  high  tribute  to  the  south,  its  men  and  its  women, 
and  referred  to  the  free,  open,  hospitable  attributes  of  the  people  of  that 
section.  He  thought  the  redevelopment  of  the  southland  meant  renewed 
national  prosperity  and  said,  very  impressively,  that  Cincinnati's  advan- 
tageous location,  together  with  the  sincere  purpose  and  good  will  of  her 
citizens  constituted  her,  of  all  cities,  the  one  to  receive,  welcome  and 
entertain  southern  people. 

He  said  that  the  people  of  Kentucky  knew  this  to  be  true  not  only  in 
theory  but  by  the  material  investment  of  millions  upon  millions  of  the 
city's  capital  in  constructing  its  great  southern  railroad  to  Chatta- 
nooga, thereby  opening  new  and  extending  its  rail  communication  with 
the  Atlantic  seaboard  and  gulf  states.  The  pulsation  caused  by  business 
interests  as  well  as  that  from  the  heart  existed;  and  that  the  central  and 
queen  of  the  cities  of  the  north  was  not  only  proud  of  its  pioneer  move- 
ment in  building  the  chief  link  of  the  overland  transportation  line  to  the 
Crescent  City  on  the  gulf,  but  that  it  at  the  same  time  enjoyed  such 
extensive  natural  advantages  that  the  floating  palaces  of  travel  and 
commerce  on  the  great  water  course  highway  formed  by  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  rivers,  placed  Cincinnati  in  closer  connection  with  the  cen- 
tral south  than  any  other  supply  city  of  the  land.  When  the  city  made 
so  great  an  outlay  of  its  funds  it  meant  business,  and  it  desired  the 
fullest  and  most  confidential  relations  with  the  southern  people  and  be 
assured  that  the  return  would  be  reciprocal  in  every  respect. 

He  was  very  much  in  earnest  and  his  remarks  were  greeted  with  great 
applause. 


... 


May  2g-June  2,    1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Eppa  Hunton  was  born  in  Fauquier  county,  Va.,  September  23,  1823;  educated,  studied  and  practiced  law. 
Commonwealth  attorney  of  Prince  William  county,  Va.,  1849-62;  elected  member  state  convention  1861 

Colonel  Eighth  Virginia  infantry  May  8,  1861;  promoted  brigadier  general  P.  A.  C.  S.  August  9,  1863,  after  battle  of  Gettysburg. 
Elected  to  and  served  as  member  of  the  XXXXIII.,  XXXXIV.,  XXXXV.  and  XXXXVI.  Congresses,  United  States.     Elected 

by  the  House  of  Representatives  a  member  of  the  celebrated  "electoral  commission"  in  1876. 
Appointed  United  States  senator  May  28,  1892,  to  fill  unexpired  term,  and  subsequently  elected  thereto   by  the  legislature  of 

Virginia. 
Resides  and  practices  law  at  Warrenton,  Va. 


Gen.  Cox:  "The  next  toast  'The  Soldier  in  Polities'  will  receive  the 
attention  of  a  distinguished  general  who  is  a  senator  in  Congress  from 
Virginia,  and  having  served  with  him  in  Congress  and  known  him  long 
and  well  as  statesman  and  by  reputation  as  soldier,  I  can  endorse  his 
head,  heart  and  arm,  and  consequently  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting 
to  you  Gen.  Eppa  Hunton." 


BRIG.-GEN.  EPPA  HUNTON, 

Of  Virginia. 

Gen.  Hunton:  "Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen — 1  wish  I 
deserved  all  the  kind  and  complimentary  things  my  friend,  Gen.  Cox,  has 
said  of  me.  I  can  only  claim  that  in  an  humble  way  I  have  tried  to  do 
my  whole  duty  in  every  position  I  have  occupied  through  life. 

"The  soldier  in  politics  is  well  illustrated  by  the  ability  and  con- 
scientious discharge  of  duty  which  characterized  the  course  of  Gen.  Cox 
in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  I  had  the  honor  to  serve  with 
him  four  years,  and  I  beg  leave  to  say  he  was  faithful  to  the  high  trust 
reposed  in  him  by  his  constituents,  and  discharged  his  duty  with  ability 
and  fidelity.  His  course  in  politics  was  as  diverse  from  mine  as  was 
our  convictions  and  conduct  during  the  war.  We  differed  radically  in 
war  and  in  peace  (of  course  I  was  right  and  he  was  wrong),  but  I  never 
failed  to  accord  to  him  the  same  honesty  of  conviction  I  claim  for 
myself  and  gladly  yield  to  him  much  more  ability  in  discharge  of  his 
convictions.  (Applause.) 

"Mr.  President,  if  you  take  as  true  what  Gen.  Cox  has  said  of  me, 
what  I  have  said  of  him,  and  which  you  know  to  be  true,  I  need  not 
further  elaborate  the  character  of  'the  soldier  in  politics.'  A  good 
soldier  is  most  apt  to  be  good  in  every  position  he  is  called  to  fill. 

"Mr.  President,  I  have  been  very  much  touched  by  the  reception 
given  to  us  as  ex-Confederates  in  Chicago  and  here.  By  the  generous 
and  persevering  efforts  of  Gen.  Underwood  a  monument  had  been 
erected  to  the  Confederate  heroes  who  died  in  prison  at  Camp  Douglas, 
and  I  and  other  ex-Confederates  were  invited  to  Chicago  to  take  part  in 
its  dedication.  How  beautiful  and  touching  was  the  conception.  After 
the  war  had  ended  thirty  years,  a  monument  is  erected  in  Chicago  to  the 
heroes  who  had  fought  these  same  people,  and  had  given  their  precious 
lives  to  the  honesty  of  their  convictions. 

"When  I  stood  upon  the  stand  and  surveyed  the  vast  multitude  of 
Union  men  who  participated  in  the  ceremony  of  honoring  heroic  devo- 
tion to  duty,  I  thought  there  could  be  no  stronger  evidence  to  the  world 


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that  there  was  a  complete  reconciliation  between  the  sections  than  the 
scene  before  me.  No  word  was  uttered,  no  sound  was  heard  that  grated 
harshly  on  the  ear  of  anyone,  whether  he  had  worn  the  gray  or  the  blue. 

"That  beautiful  monument  will  stand  forever  as  incentive  to  duty 
even  at  the  peril  of  life  and  of  the  generous  magnanimity  of  the  victors  in 
that  great  struggle,  that  for  four  years  shook  this  continent.  It  will  be 
a  standing  menace  to  those  who  would  keep  alive  sectional  hatred,  and 
ought  to  palsy  the  tongue  that  would  deal  in  invective  against  a  heroic 
but  vanquished  people. 

"At  the  banquet  that  preceded  the  services  in  the  beautiful  cemetery 
the  speeches,  whether  made  by  Confederates  or  Unionists,  all  breathed 
the  same  spirit  of  good  will  and  kindly  regard. 

"We  left  that  beautiful  city  filled  with  pleasant  memories  of  our  visit, 
and  with  hearty  good  wishes  for  Chicago  and  its  people,  who  had  hon- 
ored themselves  by  their  generous  conduct  to  Confederate  dead,  and  had 
in  so  many  ways  honored  us  as  their  guests. 

"Before  leaving  Chicago  we  were  further  greatly  honored  by  an 
invitation  through  your  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  enjoy  the  hospitality 
of  this  beautiful  city.  No  reception  could  be  kinder  than  yours.  No 
hospitality  could  exceed  that  which  you  have  accorded  us.  You  have 
met  us  in  your  Chamber  of  Commerce,  you  have  shown  us  the  beauties 
of  your  city  and  its  suburbs  and  now  you  are  here  in  the  banquet  hall  to 
greet  us  with  good  cheer  and  eloquent  speeches.  I  shall  always 
remember  Cincinnati  in  great  kindness  and  cherish  the  memory  of  this 
visit  which  has  not  been  marred  by  a  single  unpleasant  incident. 

"I  feel  that  I  have  some  right  to  stand  on  Ohio  ground  and  say  fellow 
citizens.  I  hail  from  the  mother  of  states,  dear.  Old  Virginia,  and  I 
recall  that  to  form  the  confederacy  of  states  and  afterward  the.  more  per- 
fect Union,  Virginia  gave  to  the  Federal  government  territory  enough 
to  form  five  states,  including  La  Belle  Ohio.  I  can  start  from  the  long 
bridge  across  the  Potomac  and  travel  through  Cincinnati  and  Chicago 
and  on  to  the  father  of  waters  and  never  take  my  foot  off  the  soil  which 
once  belonged  to  Virginia.  She  was  and  always  has  been  generous  and 
patriotic.  (Applause.) 

"I  could  not  help  thinking  that  when  these  five  states  poured  out  their 
brave  volunteers  during  the  war  to  devastate  her  land  and  destroy  her 
people,  Old  Virginia  might  have  cried  in  the  language  of  King  Lear, 
'How  sharper  than  a  serpent's  tooth  it  is  to  have  a  thankless  child.' 

"But  the  war  is  over;  we  are  no  longer  enemies  but  friends.  For 
thirty  years  I  have  been  a  law  abiding  citizen  of  the  United  States,  and 
expect  ever  to  remain  such.  I  would  never  have  been  in  the  halls 
of.  Congress  beside  my  distinguished  friend  from  Ohio,  and  afterward 


in  the  United  States  Senate,  if  I  could  not  in  truth  and  in  fact  have 
been  a  true  citizen  of  the  United  States,  anxious  as  one  of  the  law- 
makers to  make  this  government,  the  best  the  world  ever  saw. 

"But  I  never  mean  to  go  back  on  my  Confederate  record.  I  never 
mean  to  put  my  face  in  my  hands,  and  my  hands  in  the  dust  and  cry 
'peccavi-peccavi.'  I  should  not  only  forfeit  my  own  self  respect,  but  that 
of  the  true  Union  soldier  who  fought  with  a  conviction  of  right  no 
greater  or  stronger  than  mine. 

"I  am  glad  to  be  with  you  here  to-night  and  to  witness  in  Cincinnati, 
as  I  did  in  Chicago,  the  kind  feelings  of  both  cities  for  the  dear  people 
of  the  south. 

"One  word  to  the  ladies  who  have  graced  this  occasion  with  their 
presence  and  beauty.  They  are  for  the  most  part  from  the  southland 
and  they  are  types  of  the  mothers,  wives,  sisters  and  daughters  who  did 
so  much  to  alleviate  the  horrors  of  war,  and  to  cheer  the  brave  in  deeds 
of  patriotic  devotion  to  a  cause  they  loved  so  well. 

"Woman  was  'last  at  the  cross  and  first  at  the  tomb.'  So  our  dear 
women  were  ever  during  the  war  engaged  in  acts  of  heroic  devotion  to 
the  sick  and  wounded,  and  never  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  the  cry  of  pain  or 
distress.  God  bless  the  true  hearted  women  of  our  whole  country. 

"I  shall  feel  regret  at  taking  leave  of  those  in  this  city  who  have  been 
so  kind  to  us.  I  shall  carry  with  me  to  my  dear  Virginia  home,  the  most 
pleasant  recollections  of  this  visit,  and  pray  God  to  bless  with  prosperity 
the  Cities  of  Chicago  and  Cincinnati."  (Great  applause.) 

Gen.  Cox:  "To  the  toast,  'The  Old  have  Forgiven,  the  Young  have 
Forgotten,'  I  invite  your  attention  to  the  response  by  our  own  soldier- 
orator,  Gen.  Michael  Ryan,  whom  I  now  have  the  pleasure  to  present." 


BRIG.-GEN.  MICHAEL  RYAN, 
Of  Cincinnati. 

Gen.  Ryan:  "Afr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen — As  a  member 
of  the  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  as  an  American  who 
glories  in  the  heroic  deeds  of  Americans,  I  join  with  my  fellow  citizens 
in  welcoming  to  Cincinnati  the  Confederate  generals  who  participated  in 
the  late  war.  Some  people  say  that  we  ought  to  forget  the  late  civil 
strife.  We  ought,  and  do  forget  the  hatreds  it  engendered,  the  heart 
burnings  and  the  sorrows;  but  the  glories  of  that  war  we  will  never 
forget.  In  that  four  years  of  war  are  crowded  more  tremendous  battles, 
more  brilliant  feats  of  arms,  more  heroic  deeds,  than  in  any  half  century 
of  the  world's  history.  And  it  was  all  American  valor.  When  Greek 


June  i,  1895. 


BIOGRAPHIC: 

Michael  Ryan  was  born  in  Ireland,  October  8,  1845,  and  immigrated  to  America  and  settled  in  Ohio  in  1853.  Educated  at  St. 
Xaviers  college,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Engaged  in  the  pork  packing  business  when  quite  a  young  man. 

Has  held  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  among  them  president  of  the  Cincinnati  board  of  aldermen;  exposition  com- 
missioner; quartermaster-general  on  Gov.  Hoadley's  staff:  president  of  the  Cincinnati  Abattoir  Company;  president 
of  the  Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  at  present  Assistant  U.  S.  Treasurer,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


met  Greek  in  battle  in  the  olden  times,  a  display  of  almost  superhuman 
bravery  and  courage  was  looked  for,  but  the  stories  we  have  read  of 
ancient  valor  pale  into  insignificance  before  what  occurred  when  the 
north  and  south  crossed  swords  and  American  blood  poured  out  in  tor- 
rents and  dyed  crimson  the  American  soil.  (Applause.)  It  is  not  necessary 
to  speak  of  the  motives  which  actuated  the  men  of  the  south  in  taking  up 
arms.  One  thing  you  proved  on  a  hundred  battlefields:  You  believed 
you  were  right,  you  believed  in  the  justice  of  your  cause,  for  there  is  no 
greater,  nobler,  or  grander  test  of  man's  sincerity  than  when  he  freely 
and  willingly  yields  up  his  life  for  the  faith  that  is  in  him.  It  was  from 
no  lack  of  courage  or  devotion  to  your  cause  that  you  yielded  at  last. 
It  was  from  sheer  exhaustion,  only  when  nothing  else  was  left  for  brave 
men  to  do,  that  you  furled  the  banner  that  you  had  fought  under  so  long 
and  heroically  and  accepted  the  arbitrament  of  the  sword.  While  the 
north  takes  pride  and  glory  in  the  superb  achievements  of  our  rank  and 
file,  our  brave  boys  in  blue  who  went  forth  at  the  Nation's  call  and  saved 
our  glorious  Union  from  disruption — yes,  made  it  possible  for  this  country 
to  be  what  she  is  to-day,  the  grandest,  the  proudest  nation  on  the  face  of 
the  earth,  and  while  dear  to  the  American  heart  will  ever  be  the  names  of 
Grant,  Sherman  and  Sheridan  and  the  rest  of  the  glorious  roster  of  heroes; 
yet,  as  a  brave  and  generous  people,  we  would  be  lacking  in  national 
spirit  if  we  did  not  also  hold  in  esteem  and  admiration  those  glorious  souls 
who  led  the  opposing  forces:  Lee,  Jackson,  Johnston,  and  the  others. 
(Great  applause.)  May  we  not  well  ask  in  the  pride  of  our  hearts  if 
the  sections  of  our  country  when  warring  in  civil  strife  produced  such 
armies  and  such  heroes,  what  foreign  foe  could  withstand  us  when 
united,  as  we  are  to-day?  Is  it  not  a  fact  that  side  by  side  against  the 
common  enemy,  would  be  found  the  sons  of  the  men  who  wore  both  the 
blue  and  the  gray,  emulating  the  heroism  and  valor  of  their  sires  in 
defense  of  a  common  country  and  one  glorious  flag?  Thank  God  for 
all  this!  True,  it  took  thesouth  some  time  to  recover  from  the  wounds 
and  the  heartburnings  of  the  war;  but  you  cannot  keep  such  people  down 
long.  You  brave  men  who  waged  such  a  heroic  fight  and  lost  all  but 
honor,  determined  to  forgive  and  forget  and  on  the  ruins  of  your  broken 
and  prostrate  country  to  build  up  a  New  South,  which  in  commerce  and 
trade  and  the  arts  of  peace,  would  rise  to  a  higher,  a  grander  plane  than 
the  old  south  could  ever  have  attained.  We,  here  in  Cincinnati,  were 
the  first  to  feel  the  throb  of  returning  vitality  to  the  south.  We  had  faith 
in  your  great  country  and  its  wonderful  resources.  We  had  faith  in  the 
energy  and  enterprise  of  the  southern  people  and  we  did  not  hesitate  to 
expend  the  immense  sum  of  $20,000,000  in  the  construction  of  a  mag- 


May  ag-June  2,  1895. 
BIOGRAPHIC: 

Robert  W.  Hunter  was  born  in  Virginia,  received  a  good  education  and  studied  law. 

About  the  beginning  of  hostilities  between  northern  and  southern  states,  he  volunteered  in  the  Confederate  army, 
April  18,  1861,  as  lieutenant  of  the  Berkeley  Border  Guards,  afterward  Company  D.,  Second  Virginia  regiment  of 
infantry,  Stonewall  Brigade;  became  adjutant  of  the  regiment  June,  1861,  and  frequently  acted  as  assistant  adjutant- 
general  of  the  brigade. 

Served  with  the  Stonewall  Brigade  until  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  July,  1863,  when  he  was  appointed  major  and  A.  A.  G. 
of  Gen.  Edward  Johnson's  division,  Ewells'  corps;  was  transferred  to  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon's  division  May  12, 
1864;  served  for  a  time  with  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee  and  afterward  as  A.  A.  G.  of  Second  corps,  Army  of  Northern  Virginia, 
November  4,  1864,  and  surrendered  with  Gen.  Gordon  at  Appomattox. 

Lawyer  by  profession;  three  times  a  member  of  the  Virginia  legislature;  delegate  to  Democratic  national  convention  and 
elector  for  his  Congressional  district. 

Inspector  of  public  land  service  during  President  Cleveland's  first  administration. 

Assistant  attorney,  department  of  the  interior,  June,  1895 — Resides  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


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nificent  highway  with  which  to  bring  your  trade  and  commerce  to  our 
doors.  (Hear!  hear!)  There  is  not  a  man  here  who  has  the  best  interests 
of  the  city  at  heart  who  regrets  the  investment.  We  are  more  than  any 
other  city,  interested  in  the  growth  of  the  south.  We  believe  this  city 
of  ours  has  a  splendid  future  but  that  future  depends  in  a  great  measure 
on  the  development,  growth,  and  prosperity  of  the  New  South.  Our  fate 
is  almost  inseparably  bound  up  with  yours;  what  is  good  for  you  is  good 
for  us,  and  therefore  we  must  work  hand  in  hand  together.  So,  now  my 
friends,  the  City  of  Cincinnati  opens  her  heart  and  her  homes  to  you. 
With  generous  friendship  we  extend  to  you  the  right  hand  of  honest, 
friendly  feeling  and  good  fellowship,  and  we  want  you  to  feel  that  when- 
ever you  are  within  the  portals  of  our  good  old  city,  you  are  at  home  in 
the  house  of  your  friends."  (Prolonged  applause.) 

Gen.  Cox:  "To  the  sentiment,  'The  Patriotic  South,'  I  am  pecu- 
liarly fortunate  in  being  able  to  present  to  you  a  typical  southerner  and 
Virginian,  and  the  very  officer  who  bore  the  last  flag  of  truce,  at  Appo- 
mattox,  Maj.  R.  W.  Hunter." 


MAJ.  ROBERT  \V.  HUNTER, 
Of  Virginia. 

Maj.  Hunter  delivered  an  admirable  address  in  response  to  the  patri- 
otic sentiment  assigned  him,  and  in  his  attractive  southern  way,  empha- 
sized the  noble  feelings  entertained  throughout  his  section  in  the  past  by 
its  accepting  the  issue  of  the  war,  and  asserted  that  the  south  was  now 
as  patriotic  as  any  other  part  of  the  Nation.  He  also  stated  that  it  was 
true  that  he  had  carried  the  last  flag  of  the  Confederacy,  a  flag  of  truce, 
at  Appomattox;  that  the  surrender  there  was  only  made  after  human 
powers  had  become  exhausted,  and  the  problem  of  the  possibility  of 
further  armed  resistance  was  no  longer  susceptible  of  solution;  and  that, 
as  a  fact,  when  the  remnants  of  the  southern  army  laid  down  their  arms 
they  did  so  with  the  good  faith  their  subsequent  actions  as  loyal  citizens 
indelibly  proved.  He  enlarged  upon  his  theme,  displaying  eloquence 
and  pathos,  but  his  real  forte  is  his  inimitable  fund  of  anecdote,  which  he 
used  to  very  great  advantage  and  frequently  had  his  audience  in  roars  of 
laughter.  Continuing  in  such  channels  he  said: 

"There  have  been  many  things  told  of  that  surrender,  but  here  is  one 
that  has  reference  to  this  fellow  here,  Gen.  Kyd  Douglas.  We  had  sur- 
rendered, when  Gen.  Gordon  heard  a  great  rattle  of  musketry.  'Hunter,' 
he  yelled,  'what  fool  is  that?  Go  and  stop  him.' 


June  i,    1895, 

BIOGRAPHIC: 

Melville  Augustus  Cochran  was  born  in  Maine,  July  r8,  1836;  received  a  good  education,  and  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  for  the 
United  States  army  May  i,  1861;  elected  second  lieutenant  of  his  company,  but  the  troops  were  declined  by  the  secretary 
of  war.  Appointed  captain  Sixteenth  infantry,  U.  S  A.  (regulars),  August  5,  1861,  and,  after  two  months'  recruiting  duty, 
served  in  the  field  and  in  Confederate  prisons  until  March  i,  1865,  when  he  was  exchanged.  Escaped  twice  from  prison, 
but  was  recaptured  each  time. 

Brevetted  major  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  in  battle  of  Chickamauga,  September  20,  1863,  where  he  was  captured;  and, 
after  the  close  of  the  war,  was  transferred  to  Second  infantry,  April  17,  1869.  Promoted  major  Twelfth  infantry  March  4, 
1879,  lieutenant  colonel  Fifth  infantry  May  31,  1883,  and  colonel  Sixth  infantry  July  14,  1890.  After  the  civil  war  he 
served  in  the  south  until  1876;  when,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Nez  Perces  Indian  war,  his  regiment  was  ordered  west,  and 
he  served  in  Idaho,  Washington,  Arizona,  Montana,  the  Dakotas  and  Texas,  until  1890,  and  was  then  transferred  to  Fort 
Thomas,  Ky.,  where  he  at  present  commands. 


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"I  rode  over,  and  who  do  you  think  was  doing  it?  Why,  my  old 
friend,  Douglas.  I  said  to  him:  'Douglas,  are  you  commanding  this 
army  or  Gen.  Lee?  He  has  surrendered.'  Why,  he  was  only  a  major 
then,  and  I  believe  if  it  had  lasted  a  few  days  longer  he  would  have  been 
a  major-general.  (Laughter  and  applause.) 

"But  there  is  now  no  more  patriotic  man  than  Douglas." 
The  rest  of  the  talk  was  full  of  witty  remarks  and  fetching  stories,  but 
he  did  not  forget  to  make  proper  acknowledgment  to  his  entertainers  and 
the  cause  that  the  banquet  represented.      The  audience  was   delighted 
and  he,  on  taking  his  seat,  received  a  re-echoing  round  of  applause. 

Gen.  Cox:  "In  the  absence  of  the  general  of  the  army,  we  are  fortunate 
in  having  with  us  the  renowned  commandant  of  Fort  Thomas,  the 
government's  military  post  that  graces  the  Kentucky  hills  on  the  beautiful 
Ohio  river  near  by,  and  I  have  the  honor  to  present  to  you  Col.  M.  A. 
Cochran,  who  will  respond  to  'The  Army  and  Navy.'" 


COL.    M.  A.   COCHRAN, 

United   States  Army. 

Col.  Cochran:  "Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen — I  am  called 
upon  as  a  substitute  for  that  distinguished  soldier,  the  commanding 
general  of  the  army,  Lieut. -Gen.  Schofield,  who  had  been  selected  to 
respond  to  the  toast  'The  Army  and  Navy.'  No  one  regrets  more  than  I 
do  his  absence  on  this  occasion.  The  complimentary  introduction  of  the 
toastmaster  makes  it  necessary  for  me  to  fill  the  gap  as  best  I  can. 

"The  army  and  navy  represent,  under  certain  circumstances,  the 
power  of  the  Executive  of  this  great  Nation.  When  considered  in  their 
ratio  to  the  population  of  the  states,  or  compared  with  like  organizations 
of  European  nations,  they  appear  small  and  insignificant,  and  unequal 
to  the  task  of  maintaining  our  respect  as  a  first-class  power  at  home  or 
abroad. 

"The  trite  saying,  'In  time  of  peace  prepare  for  war,'  seems  to  be 
neglected  by  us.  We  have  an  army  of  only  25,000,  and  our  navy  is 
even  more  insignificant.  Our  large  cities  are  unprotected,  and  in  case 
of  sudden  war — and  it  always  comes  suddenly  and  unexpectedly — could 
easily  be  placed  under  contribution  by  any  first-class  European  power. 
It  is  true  that  during  the  past  few  years  appropriations  for  seacoast 
defense  have  been  made  by  the  Congress,  but  these  have  not  been  large 
enough,  so  that  at  the  present  rate  it  will  be  many  years  before  we  will 


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be  in  a  satisfactory  condition  in  this  respect.  Our  navy  should  be  built 
up  as  rapidly  as  possible  till  equal  to  that  of  any  other  nation,  and 
our  army  should"  at  once  be  made  at  least  twice  its  present  size,  and  so 
organized  as  to  be  capable  of  expansion  at  the  will  of  the  President,  to 
meet  any  sudden  emergency  likely  to  occur. 

"This  occasion  reminds  us  that  in  the  next  war  we  who  were  enemies 
in  the  last  will  be  shoulder  to  shoulder,  and  vieing  with  each  other  in 
defense  of  country  and  flag."  (Great  applause.) 

Gen.  Cox:  "The  last  toast  is  'The  Soldier  in  Peace  and  War,'  and  the 
response  to  it  will  be  made  by  one  of  our  most  distinguished  guests,  who, 
instead  of  carrying  the  last  flag  of  truce,  is  charged  with  ordering  the 
firing  of  the  last  volley  of  the  war.  I  present  and  introduce  Gen.  H. 
Kyd  Douglas." 

MAJ.-GEN.  H.  KYD  DOUGLAS, 

Of    Maryland. 

Gen.  Douglas  is  an  exceedingly  ready  speaker,  and  has  the  advantage 
of  a  personnel  to  impress  and  draw  his  audience.  His  response  to  the 
toast,  "The  Soldier  in  Peace  and  War,"  was  exceedingly  catchy,  to  the 
point,  and  at  times  very  flowery,  and  his  rhetorical  display  and  manner 
of  describing  the  soldier,  flushed  with  excitement  in  battle  as  compared 
with  the  same  individual  in  the  citizen's  pursuits  of  peace,  were  listened 
to  with  breathless  silence,  and  his  peroration  culminated  in  so  many 
pithy  expressions  that  the  audience  simply  pronounced  his  effort  superb. 
As  an  incident  of  more  than  passing  interest  to  the  Queen  City  citizens 
he  related  a  correspondence  with  a  Cincinnati  merchant  just  after  the 
beginning  of  the  war,  in  substance  as  follows: 

"I  came  through  here  before  getting  into  the  war,  and  I  want  to  see 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  this  city  who  sent  a  certain 
telegram.  He  got  a  telegram  from  a  southern  planter  saying:  'Send 
me  a  hundred  barrels  of  flour.'  The  war  had  commenced.  That  Cincin- 
nati man  replied:  'Eat  cotton,  damn  you.'  I  want  to  see  that  man. 
He  is  all  right.  I'll  bet  he  was  a  fighter.  I  want  him  to  see  me 
to-morrow,  but  I'll  bet  now  he'll  trust  me  for  a  hundred  barrels  of  flour." 

Gen.  Douglas  is  a  forcible  as  well  as  eloquent  talker,  witty  and 
pathetic,  and  his  address  was  certainly  one  of  the  best  of  the  evening. 
It  bristled  with  love  for  the  old  cause  and  the  old  leaders,  and  with  the 
honest  patriotism  of  the  man  of  the  south  to-day.  His  memorial  homage 
to  Lee  was  greeted  with  cheers,  and  his  tribute  to  the  women  of  the 
south  elicited  rounds  of  applause. 


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At  the  conclusion  of  Gen.  Douglas'  speech  the  ladies  arose  and  were 
given  the  exquisite  flowers  that  decorated  the  table.  Good-night  and 
happiest  dreams  were  wished  them,  and,  with  their  departure,  the  *^\ 

brightness  of  the  royal  occasion  faded  out  into  the  shadows  of  pleasantest  H  ^ 

recollections,  as  the  party  retired  shortly  after  midnight. 

[Extract  from  the  Cincinnati  Tribune,  June  2,  1895.] 
» 
The  banquet  was  a  fitting  climax   to   the  day  of  Queen  City  hospitality,  for  is  not 

this  great  municipality  the  gateway  through  which  the  stern  northerner  passes  to  meet 
his  soft-tongued  hospitable  brother  of  the  warm,  langorous  south?  Is  it  not  here  that 
they  seem  to  meet  on  neutral  ground?  Here  it  is  neither  north  nor  south,  east  nor  west, 
for  the  census  places  the  center  of  population  within  a  few  miles  of  this  City  of 
Cincinnati.  Then  who  is  there  to  say  that  the  banquet  at  the  Grand  last  night  could 
have  been  given  in  a  better  place,  speaking  geographically,  commercially  and  socially? 
Surely  Cincinnati  is  the  place  where  the  northern  veteran  can  cordially  grasp  the  hand 
of  his  southern  brother  and  say:  "Brother,  it  was  a  family  quarrel.  You  were  a  brave 
and  worthy  antagonist.  Shake!"  And  it  may  be  said  that  brothers  were  never  so 
brotherly  as  they  were  last  night,  yet  thirty-three  years  ago  some  of  the  very  men  that 
were  calmly  eating  beside  their  northern  friends  were  bent  on  the  capture  of  the  fair 
city  in  which  they  were  so  hospitably  entertained  yesterday.  But  all  this  has  passed. 
It  is  not  forgotten,  it  never  will  be  so  long  as  the  participants  live;  but  each  year  tempers 
the  feeling;  resentment  dies  slowly  away,  and  in  its  place  is  rising  a  feeling  of  comrade- 
ship and  national  brotherly  love  that  has  even  now  united  the  north  and  the  south  with 
bonds  that  will  never  again  be  broken. 

The  guests  were  royally  fed  and  royally  entertained.  They  were  made  to  feel  that 
there  was  no  north  or  south,  but  just  one  great  big  country  full  of  mighty  good  people, 
all  glad  to  join  hands  and  develop  the  Arcadian  .richness  of  one  of  the  greatest  countries 
in  the  world.  Commercially  the  outlook  is  stupendous,  and  Cincinnati  last  night 
introduced  her  brightest  and  her  best  business  men  to  the  residents  of  the  country 
which  is  beginning  to  be  a  veritable  mart  of  trade  and  a  center  of  manufacturing.  It 
was  a  banquet  that  Cincinnati  may  well  feel  proud  over,  and  it  is  not  saying  too  much 
to  say  that  it  has  tied  the  city  to  the  south  in  the  tightest  of  commercial  bands,  for  now 
that  the  acquaintanceship  has  begun  so  auspiciously  trade  will  be  bound  to  follow. 

President  Glenn  welcomed  the  guests  on  behalf  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
announced  that  when  the  people  of  Cincinnati  heard  that  these  generals  were  to  pass 
through  Cincinnati  it  was  determined  to  capture  them,  and  the  act  was  done.  Mr. 
Glenn  then  reviewed  the  conditions  that  made  Cincinnati  the  gateway  to  the  south,  and 
in  eloquent  words  bid  the  guests  welcome,  both  now  and  in  the  future,  and  closed  by 
gallantly  paying  his  respects  to  the  ladies. 

Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  who  labored  so  faithfully  to  gather  the  funds  for  the 
erection  of  the  monument  to  the  Confederate  dead  at  Chicago,  responded  to  Mr.  Glenn's 
address  of  welcome  eloquently  and  earnestly.  He  plead  for  peace  and  good-will. 
"Thirty  years  after  the  war  is  time  enough  to  hold  animosity."  The  address  was 
vigorously  applauded,  as  it  deserved  to  be. 

The  tenor  of  all  the  speeches  was  the  same — pleas  for  peace,  for  brotherly  love,  for 
a  burying  of  the  past. 


CAPT.  H.  B.  LITTLEPAGE. 

DURING   THE  SIXTIES. 


V     A 


May  ag-June  2,    1895. 

BIOGRAPHIC: 

H.  Beverly  Littlepage  was  born  in  King  William  county,  Va.,  March  8,  1841.  Educated  in  common  school  until  1854,  in  Rum- 
ford  Academy  1854-7  and  then  at  United  States  Naval  Academy  until  April  19,  1861,  when  he  resigned  and  joined  the 
Confederate  navy. 

Midshipman  C.  S.  N.,  May,  1861;  master,  April,  1862;  second  lieutenant,  September,  1863;  first  lieutenant,  June,  1864;  brevet 
captain  1865.  Served  on  the  C.-S.  ironclad  steamer  Meirimac  during  her  whole  career;  rescued  and  carried  her  flag  to 
Drewry's  Bluft  and  assisted  in  repelling  the  Federal  navy  in  its  attempt  to  force  passage  to  Richmond.  Afterward  served 
on  C.  S.  S  Chattahoochee  and  Atlanta.  Ran  the  blockade  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,  May  23,  1663,  and  under  special  orders 
served  abroad  eighteen  months;  when,  returning,  ran  blockade  at  Wilmington,  N.  C.,  December,  1864;  ordered  as  first 
lieutenant  to  C.  S.  S.  Virginia,  flagship  of  the  James  river  squadron;  and  served  later  in  the  naval  brigade  commanded 
by  Admiral  Semmes. 

Engaged  in  U.  S.  Navy  Department,  compiling  Confederate  naval  records. 


'95 
ARMORED    WAR    SHIPS. 

NAVY  Di 
WASHINGTON,  May  28,  1895 


NAVY  DEPARTMENT,          ) 


John  C.   Underwood,  Maj  -Gen.  Commanding: 

MY  DEAR  GENERAL — In  reply  to  your  kind  request  that  I  should  respond  to  the 
toast  to  the  C.  S.  Navy,  and  relate  the  Merrimac's  career,  upon  the  grand  occasion  of 
the  unveiling  of  a  Confederate  monument  in  Chicago,  I  beg  to  state  that  her  career  was 
too  statistical  to  be  made  interesting  in  a  speech  within  your  limits.  I  submit  my 
remarks  as  a  matter  of  history.  The  main  facts  are  taken  from  my  journal  kept  at  the 
time  and  are  verified  by  the  record.  Facts  should  hurt  no  one. 
Affectionately  and  fraternally  yours 

H.   BEVERLY  LITTLEPAGE. 


THE     MERRIMAC    AND    MONITOR, 
By  CAPT.  H.  BEVERLY  LITTLEPAGE 
Of  Virginia. 

The  8th  and  gth  of  March,  1862,  marked  two  of  the  most  startling 
and  important  engagements  in  the  annals  of  naval  warfare.  The 
Merrimac's  guns  on  the  eighth  sounded  the  death  knell  of  the  then  existing 
navies  of  the  world.  Her  guns  and  the  Monitor's  on  the  ninth  proclaimed, 
in  tones  of  thunder,  the  birth  of  the  new  navies  — wooden  ships  were  no 
longer  war  ships. 

Large  prizes  were  offered  for  impenetrable  armors  and  like  prizes  for 
irresistible  projectiles.  There  was  hurrying  everywhere  to  keep  apace 
with  the  new  conditions  illustrated  by  the  Merrimac,  the  creation  of  a 
nation  yet  unborn. 

A  SHORT  SKETCH  OF  THE  MERRIMAC  AND  HER   CAREER. 

Upon  the  hasty  evacuation  of  Norfolk  by  the  United  States  forces 
on  the  2Oth  of  April,  1861,  among  the  ships  burned,  was  the  frigate 
Merrimac.  She  was  rescued  from  the  flames  by  the  Virginia  state 
troops,  there  assembling,  when  she  had  burned  almost  to  the  water's 
edge.  About  one  month  later  she  was  floated  and  docked,  and  ten 
months  after  became  an  armored  ram,  rechristened  "Virginia,"  better 
known  as  the  "Merrimac." 

On  the  8th  day  of  March,  1862,  the  Merrimac  about  11:00  a.  m., 
started  for  Hampton  Roads.  A  little  after  i  :oo  p.  m.  she  passed  out  of 


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the  Elizabeth  river.  Immediately  there  was  great  commotion  among 
the  shipping  at  Fortress  Monroe,  the  merchant  craft  getting  out  of  the 
way,  and  the  war  ships  preparing  for  action;  among  the  latter  were  the 
frigates  Minnesota,  forty-eight  guns;  St.  Lawrence,  fifty  guns;  Roanoke, 
forty  guns;  Brandywine,  fifty  guns,  besides  numerous  gunboats  carrying 
from  one  to  five  guns  each.  As  soon  as  the  Merrimac  reached  fair 
channel-way,  she  headed  for  Newport  News,  distant  ten  miles  from  the 
mouth  of  Elizabeth  river  and  six  miles  from  Fortress  Monroe,  all  in  plain 
view,  where  lay  quietly  at  anchor  the  frigate  Congress,  fifty  guns,  and 
Cumberland,  twenty-four  guns,  under  cover  of  a  strongly  fortified 
shore  battery  of  twenty  guns.  The  Merrimac  was  really  an  experiment. 
Her  sides  were  inclined  at  an  angle  of  thirty-four  degrees  and  consisted 
of  eighteen  inches  of  heart-pine,  four  inches  of  oak  and  four  inches  of 
iron,  in  rolled  plates.  Her  battery  of  ten  guns:  Two  y-inch  rifles, 
two  6. 4-inch  rifles,  and  six  Q-inch  smooth  bore,  of  which  last,  two 
were  arranged  for  hot  shot.  She  also  had  a  cast-iron  prow. 

With  her  ten  guns  she  was  about  to  engage  some  of  the  most  powerful 
war  ships  then  known,  carrying  more  than  three  hundred  heavy  guns, 
besides  the  shore  battery  at  Newport  News.  The  action  began  in  earnest 
about  2:40  p.  m.,  when  the  Merrimac  exchanged  broadsides  at  400  yards 
with  the  Congress  as  she  passed  her  on  her  way  to  ram  the  Cumberland, 
which  vessel  she  reached  a  few  minutes  later,  and  when  within  fifty 
yards,  fired  a  seven-inch  rifled  percussion  shell  at  her  water  line;  this  was 
returned  with  a  broadside  from  the  Cumberland  which  would  literally 
have  driven  to  the  bottom  any  other  ship  afloat,  except  the  Monitor, 
which  appeared  on  the  scene  a  day  later.  The  Merrimac  dashed  on 
through  the  rafts  and  spars  arranged  to  sheer  her  off  and  struck  the 
Cumberland  with  her  prow,  under  her  starboard  fore  chains.  The  Cum- 
berland hung  for  a  few  moments  upon  the  Merrimac's  stem,  then  glided 
off  and  filled  rapidly,  and  in  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  had  settled  to  her 
topsail  yards,  her  flag  still  flying  at  her  peak  and  her  last  guns  firing  as 
they  disappeared  beneath  the  water.  The  Merrimac's  armor  had  been 
heavily  slushed  and  in  the  pouring  rain  of  shell  she  seemed  to  be  frying 
from  one  end  to  the  other,  and  the  burning  grease  and  sulphur  which 
filled  her  close  quarters  was  calculated  to  make  an  old  tar  quake  for  his 
hereafter  which  seemed  then  to  be  close  at  hand. 

The  Merrimac  moved  sluggishly  with  her  keel  dragging  in  the  mud. 
As  the  smoke  settled  over  and  around  her,  the  thousands  of  spectators 
on  shore  supposed  she  had  gone  to  the  bottom.  So  sure  were  those  on 
the  Congress  of  it,  that  they  cheered  lustily.  When  a  little  breeze 
cleared  the  smoke  away,  the  Congress  saw  the  fate  of  the  Cumberland 


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and  the  Merrimac  heading  for  her.  She  slipped  her  cable,  set  sail,  and 
endeavored  to  escape,  but  in  doing  so  grounded  with  her  head  inshore. 
The  Merrimac  followed  with  all  speed  and  took  position  about  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  yards  under  her  stern.  The  Minnesota,  St.  Lawrence,  and 
Roanoke  were  bearing  down  as  rapidly  as  possible  and  must  soon  be  in 
the  action.  The  Congress  fought  as  gallantly  as  a  ship  could  fight  under 
the  circumstances.  Her  stern  guns  were  all  soon  dismounted,  and  she 
was  utterly  helpless  under  the  fearful  raking  fire  of  the  Merrimac's 
broadsides. 

Being  on  fire  in  many  places  from  the  Merrimac's  hot  shot  and  shell, 
she  relunctantly  struck  her  colors  and  signaled  for  assistance. 

Many  of  her  gallant  crew  perished  in  her  flames,  but  most  of  them 
escaped  ashore  or  were  taken  prisoners.  Fortunately  for  the  Minnesota, 
she  grounded  in  the  north  channel  where  the  Merrimac  could  not  reach 
her.  The  St.  Lawrence  and  Roanoke  soon  took  in  the  situation,  deliv- 
ered their  broadsides  as  they  rounded,  and  escaped  back  to  Fortress 
Monroe.  The  Merrimac  took  position  as  near  as  she  could  get  to  the 
Minnesota,  fired  a  few  broadsides  across  the  bar,  but  darkness  soon  com- 
pelled her  to  return  to  her  moorings  off  Sewell's  Point.  The  burning 
Congress  lighted  up  the  Roads  until  midnight  when  her  magazine 
exploded,  then  the  darkness  on  one  side  was  intensified  with  gloom  and 
on  the  other  radiant  with  joy.  Such  is  war! 

Early  the  next  morning  all  were  astir  on  the  Merrimac  and  eager  to 
return  and  finish  the  Minnesota  if  our  guns  could  reach  her.  Owing  to 
the  smallness  of  the  Merrimac's  ports  her  guns  could  only  range  about 
one  mile.  Soon  as  light  enough  we  discovered  what  appeared  to  be  a 
raft  alongside  the  Minnesota.  The  crew  thought  she  was  sending 
machinery  and  munitions  ashore.  As  soon  as  we  put  our  glasses  upon 
her,  we  recognized  what  was  then  called  "Ericsson's  Battery"  (of  which 
we  had  an  exact  cut  and  description),  better  known  afterward  as  the 
"Monitor." 

She  had  been  built  especially  to  fight  the  Merrimac.  Had  the  order 
of  Hon.  Secretary  Welles  been  obeyed,  she  should  have  been  in  the 
Potomac  river  below  Alexandria.  However  that  may  be,  she  was  on 
the  "ground"  and  full  of  fight,  although  she  had  by  the  merest  chance 
escaped  going  to  the  bottom  in  a  topsail  breeze  off  the  Delaware  Capes. 

The  Merrimac  proceeded  to  attack  the  Minnesota,  lying  at  the 
extreme  range  of  her  guns. 

The  Monitor  opened  fire  with  her  eleven-inch  guns  and  advanced  to 
within  500  yards,  when  she  stopped,  but  continued  firing  as  if  to  test  the 
effect  of  our  shots. 


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Being  totally  unprepared  for  fighting  an  armored  vessel,  having 
nothing  but  shells  for  our  guns,  we  declined  to  develop  the  situation. 
She  soon  after  advanced  and  attempted  to  cross  our  bows.  The  Merri- 
mac  advanced  at  full  speed  and  rammed  her,  but  soon  discovered  that 
she  had  struck  her  with  her  naked  stem  causing  her  (the  Merrirnac)  to 
leak.  Her  prow  was  afterward  found  in  the  Cumberland.  This  probably 
saved  the  Monitor  from  the  Cumberland's  fate.  After  a  fearful  combat 
of  five  hours,  when  they  were  frequently  only  a  few  yards  apart,  the 
Merrimac  succeeded  in  dislodging  the  Monitor's  pilot  house  and  blinding 
and  otherwise  disabling  her  gallant  commander  who  then  gave  the  order 
to  sheer  off. 

The  Monitor  hauled  over  the  bar  where  the  Merrimac  could  not  pur- 
sue her,  as  the  Merrimac  drew  more  than  twice  as  much  water,  223^  feet 
against  10^  feet.  The  Merrimac  had  already  been  hard  and  fast 
aground  for  twenty  to  thirty  minutes  trying  to  reach  the  Minnesota  and 
did  not  care  to  experiment  longer  with  the  uncertain  middle  ground  or 
bar.  About  1:00  o'clock  p.  m.  to  all  appearances  the  Monitor  had 
retired  from  the  action,  as  stated  by  the  gallant  commander  of  the  Min- 
nesota, and  the  Merrimac  returned  to  Norfolk,  as  there  was  nothing 
above  Fortress  Monroe  within  reach  of  her  guns.  She  immediately 
went  into  dock  for  repairs;  her  prow  had  been  left  in  the  Cumberland, 
two  of  her  guns  had  been  shot  off,  one  at  the  muzzle  and  the  other  near 
the  trunnions,  her  smokestack  a  sieve,  and  her  armor  elbowed  and  in 
ridges,  besides,  she  was  to  be  equipped  for  fighting  an  armored  vessel. 
Within  one  month  she  was  ready.  Her  armor  was  intact  and  extended, 
a  wrought-iron  steel-pointed  prow  replaced  the  lost  cast-iron  one,  two 
good  guns  replaced  those  shot  in  two,  wrought  and  chilled  iron,  steel- 
pointed  bolts  replaced  the  shells,  boarding  parties  with  sledge  hammers 
and  malleable  wedges  for  the  Monitor's  turret,  the  cable  coiled  forward 
to  be  taken  around  the  turret  and  shackled,  the  most  combustible 
material  to  be  broken  through  her  turret  and  ventilators  and  fired, 
and  lastly  a  gang  with  a  tarpaulin  to  envelop  her  upon  a  cry  for  quarters. 
Upon  the  Merrimac's  return  to  Hampton  Roads  on  the  nth  of  April,  no 
one  on  her  doubted  that  she  would  either  leave  the  Monitor  at  the  bot- 
tom or  bring  her  back  to  Norfolk. 

The  Monitor  was  then  lying  at  the  mouth  of  the  Elizabeth  river, 
publishing  to  the  world  that  she  was  blockading  the  Merrimac.  Unfor- 
tunately for  the  Merrimac  the  army  steamer  White  (flag  of  truce  boat) 
deserted  on  the  day  before  (April  10)  and  exposed  the  Merrimac's  prep- 
arations and  plans;  so  when  the  Monitor  saw  her  coming  on  the  morn- 
ing of  April  ii  she  slipped  her  cable  and  hugged  the  shores  at  Fortress 


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Monroe.  The  Merrimac  signaled  her  tenders,  the  Jamestown  and 
Raleigh,  to  go  in  and  cut  out  a  brig  and  some  schooners  lying  above  the 
Fortress.  They  did  so,  took  them  in  tow,  and  were  heartily  cheered  by 
the  British  ship  Rinaldo  and  the  French  ship  Gassendi  as  they  passed 
in  with  the  prizes  The  Monitor  and  other  powerful  ships  did  not  inter- 
fere. The  Merrimac  remained  in  the  roads  the  whole  day,  and  after- 
ward returned  at  frequent  intervals,  until  the  evacuation  of  Norfolk, 
caused  by  the  advance  of  McClellan's  army  upon  Richmond  via  the 
peninsula. 

The  most  daring  exploit  of  the  Merrimac  was  on  May  8,  1862.  She 
was  on  that  morning  lying  at  the  navy  yard  preparing  to  ascend  James 
river  in  obedience  to  orders  from  the  department.  She  had  her  fires 
banked  until  about  1:00  p.  m.  when  a  terrific  bombardment  was  heard  off 
Sewell's  Point  and  the  shells  were  seen  streaking  and  exploding  over 
that  battery  which  had  been  virtually  abandoned,  only  four  guns  and 
some  decoys  left.  The  Merrimac's  fires  were  immediately  hauled  and 
she  hastened  to  the  conflict.  Upon  rounding  Craney  island  the  ironclads 
Monitor,  Naugatuck,  and  Steven's  Battery,  were  seen  close  inshore, 
another  line  composed  of  the  United  States  steamers  Susquehanna,  seven- 
teen guns;  Dacotah,  six  guns;  Seminole,  five  guns,  and  San  Jacinto, 
twelve  guns.  Just  beyond  the  attacking  squadron,  but  in  plain  view, 
were  the  flagship  Minnesota,  forty-eight  guns;  Cayuga,  six  guns;  James- 
town, twenty-two  guns;  St.  Lawrence,  fifty  guns,  and  the  powerful  fast 
steamers  Vanderbilt,  Baltimore,  Illinois,  and  Arago,  especially  arranged 
and  equipped  for  running  the  Merrimac  down.  The  Merrimac  continued 
on  at  full  speed  and  as  soon  as  she  got  within  range  of  the  nearest 
vessels,  in  obedience  to  a  signal  from  the  flagship,  they  all  proceeded  at 
full  speed  beyond  Fortress  Monroe,  the  Merrimac  continuing  the  pur- 
suit until  opened  on  by  the  forts. 

When  Norfolk  was  evacuated  by  the  Confederates  on  the  nth  of 
May,  1862,  the  Merrimac  was  blown  up  by  her  own  crew.  Having  seen 
the  Galena,  Monitor,  and  other  vessels  pass  up  James  river  they  hurried 
to  Drewry's  Bluff,  hoisted  their  old  flag,  and  upon  the  appearance  of  those 
vessels  on  the  morning  of  the  i5th  of  May,  together  with  the  crews  of 
the  Confederate  States'  vessels  then  in  the  river,  had  four  guns  on  the 
bluff.  The  vessels  came  into  action  beautifully.  The  Galena  was  struck 
twenty-eight  times  and  penetrated  eighteen;  the  rest  fared  little  better. 
They  hastily  retired.  The  officers  and  crew  of  the  Merrimac  were  soon 
disbanded,  as  an  organization,  and  formed  into  nuclei  for  our  young 
navy. 


MAJ.-GEN.  L.  L.  LOMAX, 

DURING   THE  SIXTIES. 


L. 


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GENERAL    ATTENDANCE. 

There  were  many  distinguished  people  present  who  took  no  active 
part  in  the  ceremonies,  although  they  strengthened  the  party  of  guests 
by  their  character  and  in  numbers.  Among  them  were  : 


MAJ.-GEN.   L.   L.  LOMAX, 

Of  Virginia, 

A  cavalry  officer  of  distinction  who  served  with  the  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia  and  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  Confederate  war  records  office 
at  Washington  City.  The  half-tone  engraving  presenting  a  correct 
likeness  of  this  officer  and  an  etching  giving  his  appearance  during  the 
sixties,  is  to  be  seen  on  the  preceding  page,  and  a  skeleton  sketch  of 
his  life  will  be  found  in  the  following: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Lunsford  Lindsay  Lomax  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1835;  received  early  education  at 
Norfolk,  Va.,  and  graduated  at  United  States  Military  Academy,  in  1856. 
Commissioned  in  United  States  army: — 

Brevet  second  lieutenant,  Second  cavalry,  July-i,  1856,  second  lieutenant  First 
cavalry,  September  30,  1856;  first  lieutenant,  March  21,  1861;  resigned  commission 
April  25,  1861. 

Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army: — 

Captain  state  forces  of  Virginia;  lieutenant-colonel  and  assistant  inspector-general, 
1861-63;  colonel  Eleventh  Virginia  cavalry,  February  8,  1863;  brigadier-general  P.  A. 
C.  S.,  July  23,  1863;  major-general  P.  A.  C.  S.,  August  10,  1864. 


COL.  J.  B,  ERWIN, 

Of  South  Carolina. 

Entered  the  Confederate  army  in  1861  as  aid-de-camp  on  the  staff  of 
Gen.  Robert  Toombs.  After  Gen.  Toombs'  retirement  he  volunteered 
as  a  private.  He  was  present  at  the  passage  of  the  secession  ordinance 
by  South  Carolina,  and  saw  the  firing  of  the  first  gun  of  the  civil  war, 
and  surrendered  at  Appomattox.  He  has  served  in  both  houses  of  the 
legislature  of  South  Carolina  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  war  records 
office  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


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LIEUT. -COL.  WHARTON  J.   GREEN, 

Of  North  Carolina. 

Entered  the  Confederate  army  as  private  and  rose  to  be  lieutenant- 
colonel  commanding  Second  North  Carolina  battalion.  Captured  at 
Roanoke  island,  wounded  at  Little  Washington  and  later  wounded 
and  captured  at  Gettysburg  and  detained  a  prisoner  of  war  at  Johnson's 
island  until  near  the  close  of  hostilities.  Member  of  the  XLVIII  and 
XLIX  Congresses. 


LIEUT.-COL.   W.   F.   BEASLEY, 

Of  New  York. 

Entered  the  Confederate  service  in  1861;  made  lieutenant  Company  H 
Forty-eighth  North  Carolina  troops,  1862;  major  Fifth  battalion  August, 
1864;  lieutenant-colonel  Seventy-first  North  Carolina  regiment,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1864.  He  is  now  a  Maryland  man  and  claims  Baltimore  as 
home,  though  his  business  location  is  as  recorded  above  and  he  attended 
the  dedication  as  the  accredited  representative  of  the  ex-Confederate 
association  of  New  York  City. 


CAPT.   JOHN  WATERS  DREW, 
Of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Although  a  citizen  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  where  he  is  actively 
engaged  in  business,  he  still  cherishes  the  ties  given  birth  and  estab- 
lished by  his  army  life  in  Virginia;  and  his  genial  disposition,  frank  and 
open  manner  made  him  a  favorite  wherever  he  went,  so  much  so,  that 
all  will  be  glad  to  read  the  following  sketch: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

John  Waters  Drew  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  May  3,  1842. 

Educated  at  Columbia  College,  that  city. 

Enlisted  in  Company  F,  First  Virginia  infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  April,  1861;  promoted 
captain  of  the  Twenty-third  Virginia  cavalry  in  1862;  engaged  in  the  battles  of 
Manassas,  Seven  Pines,  Coal  Harbor,  Seven  Days'  fight  around  Richmond  and  through 
the  entire  campaigns  in  the  valley  of  Virginia  during  1863-64. 

Was  captured  at  the  battle  of  Winchester  September  19,  1864,  and  released  July,  1865- 

Since  the  war  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 


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SERGT.-MAJ.  S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM. 

DURING  THE  SIXTIES. 


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205 

The  "press"  of  the  south  was  represented  through  the  presence  of 
the  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  military  organ  that  reaches  the  veteran 
soldiery  throughout  its  sunny  clime,  thereby  insuring  the  Confederate 
Veteran,  the  official  organ  of  the  "United  Confederate  Veterans," 
"United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy"  and  "Sons  of  Veterans"  in 
Dixie  land  a  voice  in  the  heralding  of  the  procedures  of  the  great 
occasion  by 

COL.    S.   A.   CUNNINGHAM, 

Of  Tennessee, 

Who  publishes  his  periodical  in  the  City  of  Nashville,  having  established 
it  there  three  years  ago.  He  was  a  boy  soldier  during  the  war  and  has 
spent  many  of  his  mature  years  in  journalism,  with  varying  fortunes,  all 
culminating  in  the  great  success  his  "monthly"  has  justly  met  with.  As 
a  soldier  during  the  civil  war,  because  of  his  youth,  he  was  the  "pet"  of 
the  regiment  and  after  the  bloody  battle  of  Franklin,  where  he  displayed 
judgment  and  courage  beyond  his  years,  his  valor  drew  him  even  nearer 
to  the  rank  and  file  of  the  command.  The  engraving  on  the  opposite 
page  correctly  represents  him  as  he  appears  at  present  and  the  etching 
shows  the  boy  soldier  in  his  "teens."  His  determined  effort  now  to 
keep  alive  events  of  historic  importance  through  the  medium  of  his 
periodical  is  worthy  of  the  highest  commendation,  and  the  following  out- 
line of  the  man  will  be  found  interesting: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Sumner  Archibald  Cunningham  was  born  in  Bedford  county,  Tenn.,  July  21,  1843; 
educated  at  Richmond  College,  Tennessee,  1859-61,  and  completed  education  after  the 
war  in  1865. 

Enlisted  as  private  in  Company  B,  Forty-first  regiment  infantry,  Tennessee  volun- 
teers, November  4,  1861.  Engaged  in  the  battle  of  Fort  Donelson,  where  the  entire 
regiment  was  captured  February  16,  1862.  Imprisoned  at  Camp  Morton,  Indianapolis, 
and  exchanged  at  Vicksburg,  September,  1862. 

Took  part  in  the  following  battles:  Springdale  and  Raymond,  Miss.,  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg, Port  Hudson  and  Jackson,  great  battle  of  Chickamauga  and  the  Johnston-Sherman 
loo  days'  fighting  in  Georgia,  and  under  Hood  in  the  bloody  engagement  at  Franklin 
and  disasters  that  followed.  Promoted  to  first  sergeant  of  his  company,  and  served  much 
of  his  time  as  sergeant-major  of  the  regiment. 

Engaged  in  journalism  after  the  war,  owned  the  Chattanooga  Daily  Times,  1876-80. 
and  was  connected  with  other  daily  and  weekly  papers  of  Tennessee. 

Established  the  Confederate  Veteran  in  January,  1893,  of  which  he  is  editor  and 
proprietor. 


206 

COL.  A.  J.  WEST, 

Quartermaster  General  of  Georgia, 

Was  another  of  the  distinguished  ex-soldiers  present,  a  captain  in  the 
Confederate  army  during  the  war  and  was  engaged  in  all  of  the  battles 
fought  by  the  Western  army,  except  when  disabled  by  the  many  wounds 
received.  At  Perry ville,  Ky. ,  he  was  very  severely  wounded  and  dis- 
tinguished himself  for  bravery  on  that  sanguinary  field.  Since  the  war 
his  military  tendencies  and  executive  ability  have  brought  him  to  the 
front  in  the  state  militia,  where  he  has  rendered  much  valuable  service, 
being  at  present  the  supply  executive  on  the  gubernatorial  staff.  He 
wears  the  jeweled-scar  insignia  of  his  distinguished  battle  record  and 
enjoys  the  military  bearing  so  marked  in  the  southern  soldier. 


MAJ.  J.   L.   McCOLLUM, 
Of  Georgia. 

One  of  the  prominent  representatives  from  the  "empire  state  of  the 
south,"  was  the  accomplished  superintendent  of  the  Western  &  Atlantic 
railroad.  He,  also,  was  a  Confederate  soldier  and  won  laurels  at  the 
front  and  is  now  a  railroad  man  of  that  prominent  activity  which  has 
made  the  "great  battlefield  route  of  Georgia, "  the  popular  channel  of 
travel  between  Chattanooga  and  Atlanta.  He  it  was  who  aided  so  mater- 
ially in  collecting  and  transporting  the  many  refrigerator  carloads  of 
flowers  from  the  south  with  which  the  Confederate  monument,  Douglas 
prison  interment  trenches  and  the  graves  of  the  few  Union  soldiers 
buried  in  Oakwoods  cemetery  were  decorated. 

MAJ.   J.    M.   COUPER, 
Of  Georgia, 

Was  also  of  the  Georgia  party,  and  is  assistant  postmaster  of  Atlanta. 
He  was  a  distinguished  Confederate  soldier  during  the  sixties  and  came 
to  Chicago  to  attend  the  dedication  as  one  of  the  committee  from  the 
central  south. 

COL.   W.   R.   LYMAN, 

Of  Louisiana. 

This  accomplished  officer,  with  a  bevy  of  ladies,  represented  New 
Orleans,  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  the  carload  of  flowers  that 
was  sent  from  that  city.  He  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influ- 
ential of  the  Crescent  City's  business  men,  and  distinguished  himself  as 
a  soldier  during  the  war. 


207 

COL.   T.   W.   CAMPBELL, 

Of  Kentucky. 

This  gentleman  was  an  officer  of  the  Union  army  during  the  sixties  and 
by  his  military  ability  and  meritorious  conduct  reached  the  grade  of 
lieutenant-colonel  of  volunteers.  He  served  in  various  commands  and 
was  during  a  period  of  1864-5  provost-marshal  at  Bowling  Green,  Ky., 
where  the  author  was  required  to  report  to  him  under  conditions  of  his 
parole;  and,  notwithstanding  the  restrictions  imposed  and  some  mutual 
misunderstandings  at  the  time,  a  fast  friendship  grew  out  of  the  official 
intercourse  and  exists  between  the  former  captor  and  captive,  so  sincere 
that  of  all  the  guests  in  attendance  none  were  more  welcome  or  more 
enthusiastically  received,  and  the  greatest  personal  gratification  to  the 
writer  was  the  presence  of  his  friend  who  formerly  held  him  prisoner. 
After  the  war  Col.  Campbell  was  U.  S.  assessor  of  income  tax  in  Ken- 
tucky, and  later  connected  with  the  government  pension  bureau  of  the 
state,  and  is  now  actively  in  business  in  Louisville,  Ky. 

COM.  J.  E.  MONTGOMERY, 

Of  Louisiana, 

Was  one  of  the  attendants  possessing  a  naval  record;  an  original 
steamboat  captain  of  the  western  waters,  he  had  constructed  under 
his  direction  and  commanded  many  of  the  palatial  steamers  that  graced 
the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers  during  the  fifties,  and,  therefore,  with 
his  extensive  constructive  and  river  experience,  he  easily  obtained  a 
prominent  place  in  the  Confederate  navy,  and  by  merit  rose  to  the 
position  he  occupied  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

COL.   J.   S.   BELKNAP. 
Of  New  York. 

This  officer  commanded  the  Eighty-fifth  regiment  New  York  vol- 
unteers, United  States  army,  during  a  portion  of  the  past  hostilities;  and 
so  thoroughly  did  he  endorse  the  fraternizing  movement  that  he  attended 
and  took  part  in  the  Confederate  memorial  parade  and  subsequent 
ceremonies. 

ASSISTANTS  AT  HEADQUARTERS. 

Chas.  R.  Macloon,  as  press  agent  and  reportorial  assistant,  was  of 
the  greatest  possible  service  in  publishing  and  promulgating  information 
of  various  characters,  his  services  and  those  of  the  office  force  at  the 
Palmer  House  headquarters  were  invaluable,  and  to  the  members  of  such 
operative  staff  the  greatest  appreciation  is  hereby  expressed. 


9    '***? 


MAJ.-GEN.  E.  C.  WALTHALL, 

DURING   THE   SIXTIES. 


May,  1895. 


SEE  FOLLOWING  PAGES. 


209 


GENS.   WALTHALL  AND  JACKSON. 

Two  of  the  most  prominent  Confederate  generals  of  the  Western 
army,  now  living,  and  who  gave  countenance  to  the  erection  of  a  Con- 
federate monument  in  Chicago  are  Maj.-Gen.  E.  C.  Walthall,  United 
States  senator  from  Mississippi,  and  Brig. -Gen.  Wm.  H.  Jackson,  the 
noted  proprietor  of  "Belle  Meade  Farm"  near  Nashville,  Tenn. 

These  officers  distinguished  for  their  military  ability,  soldierly  tact 
and  personal  gallantry,  were  unable  to  attend  the  ceremonies  at  Chicago 
much  to  the  regret  of  those  who  were  present,  for  all  desired  to  see 
and  again  press  the  hands  of  the  two  men  who  were  most  active  in  cover- 
ing the  retreat  of  Hood's  army,  after  the  disastrous  Tennessee  campaign 
and  battles  about  Nashville. 

The  following  condensation  of  historic  publications  will  be  found 
interesting: 

"On  December  20,  1864,  Gen.  Hood  sent  to  Gen.  Walthall  a  request  to  call  and  see 
him  immediately;  and  as  Gen.  Walthall  approached  army  headquarters,  he  met  Gen. 
Hood,  mounted,  and  he  (Hood)  substantially  said:  'Walthall,  things  are  in  a  bad  con- 
dition. I  have  resolved  to  reorganize  the  rear  guard.  Forrest  says  he  can't  keep  the 
enemy  off  of  us  any  longer  without  a  strong  infantry  support,  but  says  he  can  do  it  with 
the  help  of  3,000  infantry  with  you  to  command  them.  You  can  select  any  troops  in  the 
army.  It  is  a  post  of  great  honor,  but  one  of  such  great  peril  that  I  will  not  impose  it 
-on  you  unless  you  are  willing  to  take  it,  and  you  had  better  take  troops  that  can  be 
relied  upon,  for  you  may  have  to  cut  your  way  through  to  get  to  me  after  the  main  army 
gets  out.  The  army  must  be  saved,  come  what  may,  and,  if  necessary,  your  command 
must  be  sacrificed  to  accomplish  it.'  Gen.  Walthall  in  reply  said:  'General,  I  have 
never  asked  for  a  hard  place  for  glory,  nor  a  soft  place  for  comfort,  but  take  my  chances 
as  they  come.  Give  me  the  order  for  the  troops,  and  I  will  do  my  best.  Being  the 
youngest  major-general  in  the  army,  I  believe,  my  seniors  may  complain  that  the  place 
was  not  offered  to  them,  but  that  is  a  matter  between  you  and  them;'  and  Hood  said, 
'Forrest  wants  you,  and  I  want  you.'  Gen.  Forrest  rode  up  during  the  conversation  and 
said:  'Now  we  will  keep  them  back.'  And  Hood  gave  verbal  orders  for  Walthall  to 
take  any  troops  he  wanted. 

Gen.  Walthall  selected  eight  brigades,  estimated  at  3,000  effectives,  but  really  only 
i, 600  strong.  And  Walthall's  infantry  division  formed  of  the  skeleton  brigades,  with  a 
condensed  division  of  cavalry  under  Brig. -Gen.  Wm.  H.  Jackson,  the  whole  under  com- 
mand of  Lieut. -Gen  N.  B.  Forrest,  succeeded  in  checking  the  pursuit  made  by  the  Union 
forces,  and  enabled  the  army  to  cross  the  Tennessee  river  in  comparative  safety.  Too 
much  praise  cannot  be  given  both  Gens.  Walthall  and  Jackson  and  their  determined 
commands  for  their  skill,  fortitude  and  dashing  bravery. 

The  following  biographic  sketches  will  convey  something  of  the  characters  of  the 
commanders  specially  named: 


BRIG.-GEN.  W.  H.  JACKSON, 

DURING   THE    SIXTIES. 


May,  1895. 


SEE  FOLLOWING  PAGE. 


21  I 
MAJ.-GEN.  E.  C.  WALTHALL, 

of  Mississippi. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Edward  Gary  Walthall  of  Grenada,  Miss.,  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  April  4, 
1831;  received  an  academic  education  and  studied  law  at  Holly  Springs,  Miss 

Admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  at  Coffeeville,  Miss  ,  in  1852; 
district  attorney  1856-61;  resigned  in  spring  of  1861  and  entered  the  Confederate  army. 

Lieutenant,  Fifteenth  regiment  infantry,  Mississippi  volunteers;  lieutenant-colonel 
of  that  regiment,  April,  1861;  colonel,  Twenty-ninth  regiment  infantry,  Mississippi 
volunteers,  April  n,  1862;  brigadier-general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  December  13,  1862;  major- 
general,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  June  6,  1864;  participated  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Western  army. 

Practiced  law  1865-85;  delegate-at-large  to  national  Democratic  convention  1868, 
76,  80  and  84;  United  States  senator,  by  appointment  March  12,  1885,  and  by  election 
January,  1886,  for  unexpired  term;  re-elected  January,  1888,  and  again  January,  1892; 
resigned  in  January,  1894,  on  account  of  ill  health;  resumed  his  seat  March,  1895,  by 
virtue  of  his  election  in  1892;  re-elected  and  term  of  service  will  expire  March  3,  1901. 

BRIG.-GEN.    WM.  H.   JACKSON, 

Of  Tennessee. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

William  Hicks  Jackson  was  born  at  Paris,  Tenn.,  October  i,  1835,  his  parents  being 
natives  of  Virginia;  graduated  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy  in  1856. 

Commissioned  in  the  United  States  army:  Brevet  second  lieutenant,  mounted 
rifles,  July  i,  1856;  second  lieutenant,  December  30,  1856. 

Instructor  at  cavalry  school,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  one  year;  on  frontier  service  1857-61,  and 
resigned  May  16,  1861;  serving  under  Cols.  Chas.  May  and  W.  W.  Loring. 

Commissioned  in  Confederate  States  army:  Captain,  battery  of  artillery,  Tenn- 
essee volunteers,  May  to  November,  1861;  colonel,  Seventh  regiment  cavalry,  Tenn- 
essee volunteers,  1862;  brigadier-general  P.  A.  C.  S.,  December  29,  1862;  division  and 
corps  commander  and  commissioner  for  parole  of  troops,  at  later  periods  of  the  war. 

Promoted  for  gallantry  and  effectiveness  at  battle  of  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  and 
recommended  for  promotion  because  of  his  bravery  and  skill  in  commanding  the  cavalry 
covering  Gen.  Hood's  retreat,  etc. 

Planter  after  the  war;  he  organized  the  National  Agricultural  Congress  and,  as  the 
outgrowth  of  its  first  meeting  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  were  the  organization  of  all  other 
farmers'  associations  in  the  United  States. 

President  of  National  Agricultural  Congress  of  the  Farmers'  Association  of  Tenn- 
essee and  of  the  Bureau  of  Agriculture  for  that  state. 

First  president  of  the  Safe  Deposit,  Trust  and  Banking  Company;  president  of  the 
electric  street  railroad,  and  of  the  gas  company,  all  of  Nashville;  and  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  proposed  Tennessee  Centennial  exposition  in  1896. 

Is  the  hospitable  owner  and  resides  at  "  Belle  Meade,"  near  Nashville. 


MRS.  SARAH  BELL  WALLER, 

1862-5. 


MRS.    SARAH    BELL    WALLER, 
Died,  December  13,  1883. 


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2I3 


THE  GOOD  SAMARITANS  OF  CAMP 
DOUGLAS  PRISON. 

The  ladies,  now  deceased  and  thus  specially  referred  to,  were  most 
active  in  the  relief  of  the  distressed  prisoners  confined  in  Camp  Douglas; 
and  the  following  accounts  of  their  philanthropic  and  Christian  actions 
enrich  the  history  of  the  noble  deeds  of  women. 

MRS.   SARAH  BELL  WALLER, 

Miss  Sarah  Bell  Langhorne,  daughter  of  John  T.  and  Eliza  B.  Langhorne,  was  born 
November  17,  1821,  in  Maysville,  Ky.,  her  father  being  a  Virginian,  and  descendant  of 
Sir  William  Langhorne,  the  first  earl  of  Gainsborough,  Hampstead  Heath,  near  London, 
England,  and  her  mother  the  daughter  of  Col.  Devall  Payne  of  Kentucky,  a  great-uncle 
of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee,  and  the  great-grandson  of  Sir  John  Payne  of  Wales.  Miss 
Langhorne  received  an  excellent  education  and  an  early  religious  training,  and  on  May 
3,  1837,  married  Henry  Waller,  Esq.  Mr.  Waller  practiced  law  in  Maysville,  and 
resided  there  and  in  Mason  county,  Ky.,  until  November,  1860,  when  he  moved  his 
family  to  Chicago,  and  dwelt  on  Ashland  avenue  over  twenty  years.  Mrs.  Waller  was 
noted  for  her  fine  social  qualities,  mental  attainments,  kindness  of  heart  and  determined 
character,  which  attractions  won  for  her  admiring  associates  in  whatever  circle  she 
moved.  An  eminently  handsome  woman,  intelligent,  graceful  and  dignified  she  possessed 
great  resolution  and  a  high  sense  of  justice,  and,  withal,  an  energetic  diplomacy  that 
generally  enabled  her  to  succeed  in  whatever  she  undertook. 

During  the  civil  war  of  1861-65  Mrs.  Waller  was  the  most  untiring,  persevering  and 
efficient  friend  of  the  Confederate  soldiers  confined  as  prisoners  of  war  in  Camp  Douglas, 
which  prison  stockade,  from  the  beginning  to  the  close  of  the  war,  she  visited  every  few 
days  with  clothing  for  the  ragged  veterans,  and  delicacies  and  hospital  stores  for  the 
sick.  Her  work  was  accomplished  with  system,  in  a  thoroughly  honorable  and  business 
way  under  permission  from  the  commanding  officer  of  the  prison.  Many  thousands  of 
thinly  clothed  prisoners  of  war  were  brought  to  Camp  Douglas  in  mid-winter,  and 
coming  from  a  warm  climate  and  being  totally  unprepared  for  the  extreme  rigor  of  the 
inclement  weather  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  thousands  contracted  pneumonia 
from  exposure,  and,  the  disease  becoming  epidemic,  hundreds  died.  Mrs.  Waller  and 
her  assistants,  among  them  notably,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Morris,  of  Chicago,  enlisting  in  the  good 
work  friends  in  Kentucky,  Maryland  and  New  York,  obtained  generous  donations  which 
enabled  them  to  comfortably  clothe  most  of  the  destitute  prisoners,  not  with  uniformity, 
but  by  utilizing  every  possible  article  of  clothing  donated  from  afar,  or  that  might  and 
could  be  purchased.  Yet  to  shoe  the  ten  to  twenty  thousand  prisoners  was  a  seeming 
impossibility.  However,  this  good  Samaritan  woman  was  equal  to  the  emergency,  and 
finding  among  the  southern  prisoners  a  score  or  more  shoemakers  willing  to  work,  she,  with 
the  consent  of  and  in  special  quarters  supplied  by  the  prison  commandant,  opened  a  large 


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shoe  shop,  and  through  the  labor  of  her  prisoner  workmen,  with  tools  and  material  she  was 
enabled  to  furnish,  the  old  shoes  were  repaired  and  such  new  shoes  made  as  sufficed  to 
supply  the  totally  destitute  and  others  in  greatest  need  of  them.  That  problem  was  no 
sooner  solved  than  the  question  of  furnishing  trousers  to  the  thousands  became  an  almost 
hopeless  task,  made  more  difficult  because  of  the  mandate  from  the  secretary  of  war, 
prohibiting  the  outside  furnishing  of  prisoners  with  clothing  other  than  of  "butternut 
color."  Mrs.  Waller  secured  a  sample  of  butternut  colored  jeans  and  a  piece  of  blue 
kersey,  experimented  with  success,  and  finally  discovered  that  the  blue  cloth  could  be 
dyed  so  as  to  produce  a  fairly  good  butternut  color.  At  first  300  pairs  of  condemned 
Federal  blue  pantaloons  were  purchased,  and,  through  the  dying  process,  they  were 
converted  into  regulation  butternut  garments.  This  problem  was  solved,  and  by 
furnishing  the  needy  with  portions  of  raiment  at  a  time,  she  finally  obtained  reasonably 
comfortable  clothing  for  the  destitute. 

The  prisoners  from  Arkansas  Post,  Fort  Donelson,  Island  No.  10,  Shiloh,  and 
from  most  of  the  battlefields  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Mississippi,  who  were  con- 
fined in  Camp  Douglas,  will  undoubtedly  ever  remember  Mrs.  Waller  and  her  lady 
assistants  with  sincerest  gratitude  and  affection.  When  it  is  remembered  that  the  Chicago 
surroundings  at  that  time  were  among  the  bitterest  in  the  north,  and  that  Mrs.  Waller 
was  handicapped  by  arbitrary  rules  and  restrictions  from  the  war  office  in  Washington, 
the  great  perseverance,  determination  and  bravery  of  this  whole  souled,  noble  woman  in 
the  untiring  energy  of  her  humane  purpose  (faithfully  discharged  through  four  long 
years),  is  deserving  of  memorial  mention  here,  the  monumental  tablet  being  written  on 
the  hearts  of  thousands  of  sufferers  made  glad  by  her  ministrations,  a  noble  heritage 
to  philanthropic  charity  and  true  Christian  love. 


MRS.   MARY  B.   MORRIS. 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Morris  was  the  daughter  of  Col.  Blackburn  of  Woodford  county,  Ky. , 
and  sister  of  Gov.  Luke  P.  Blackburn  and  the  present  Senator  Jos.  C.  S.  Blackburn  of 
that  state.  She  was  the  accomplished  wife  of  Judge  Buckner  S.  Morris,  and  resided  in 
Chicago  previous  to  and  during  the  war  between  the  states. 

She  was  a  most  charming  and  noble  woman,  with  a  heart  that  was  filled  with  love 
and  charity.  Little  wonder  then  when  she  saw  the  pitiable  condition  of  the  Confederate 
prisoners  of  war,  many  of  whom  were  related  to  her  by  the  ties  of  consanguinity,  all  by 
the  ties  of  friendship,  that  she  should  take  a  deep  interest  in  their  welfare,  and  do  all  in 
her  power  to  relieve  their  wants,  and  add  to  their  comfort.  This  she  did  with  a  gen- 
erous and  lavish  hand,  visiting  Camp  Douglas  daily,  bringing  with  her  clothing,  hats  and 
shoes,  and  distributing  them  among  the  prisoners  all  of  whom  were  in  sore  need.of  them. 
She  continued  these  visits  until  the  gates  of  the  prison  were  closed  against  her,  and  all 
others 

She  will  always  be  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by  the  men  who  were  prisoners  of 
war  at  Camp  Douglas,  who  survive  their  great  benefactress. 


MAJ.-GEN.  LEWIS  B.  PARSONS. 

DURING    THE  SIXTIES. 


May,  1895. 


SEE  FOLLOWING  PAGE. 


217 


PROMINENT     PERSONS 

WHO  HAVE  COUNTENANCED  THE 

MONUMENTING    OF  DECEASED    CONFEDERATES 

AS  HISTORIC  PARTS  OF  AMERICAN  SOLDIERY. 

Endorsement  by  one  of  the  most  important  Union  officers: 
MAJ.-GEN.   LEWIS  B.   PARSONS, 

Of  Illinois. 
Chief  of  Rail  and  River  Transportation  U.   S.   A.,   during  the  civil  war. 

Many  letters  were  written  to  Gen.  Underwood  by  Gen.  Parsons 
direct,  but  the  following,  transmitting  a  donation  to  the  monument  fund 
through  Gen.  John  C.  Black,  is  so  full  ot  noble  sentiments  that  it  is 
reproduced  here  for  the  edification  of  all  who  may  have  the  pleasure  of 
reading  it: 

Gen.  John  C.  Black: 

MY  DEAR  GENERAL — I  am  glad  to  see  a  monument  is  being  erected  in  cosmopolitan 
Chicago  in  memory  of  the  Confederate  dead,  for  which  I  enclose  a  small  contribution  (a 
check  for  $10.00  is  referred  to).  Brave  men  ever  respect  bravery  in  friend  or  foe,  and 
all  the  more  when  accompanied  with  great  sacrifices  and  suffering  for  a  cause  believed  to 
be  just,  though  history  may  render  a  different  verdict.  And,  surely,  rarely  have  men 
been  more  daring,  or  periled  more,  or  suffered  more,  or  given  stronger  evidence  of  acting 
from  conviction  than  did  those  who  wore  the  gray.  Again,  as  we  desire  a  perfect 
restored  Union — a  Union  based  on  hearts,  as  well  as  on  laws,  and  more  than  on  conquest, 
every  motive  of  interest  as  well  as  of  kindred  prompts  to  fraternal  action. 

To  err  is  human,  to  forgive  is  divine.  I  hope  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  on 
a  common  commemoration  day  the  blue  and  the  gray  may  join  in  placing  flowers  on  the 
graves  of  their  fallen  brothers.  Does  truest  loyalty  forbid  the  tribute  of  a  flower — aye,  of 
a  tear?  Does  an  Englishman  in  reading  of  the  daring  deeds  of  the  War  of  the  Roses 
pause  before  applauding  to  consider  on  which  side  they  occurred? 

Twin  monuments  throughout  our  land  will  in  ages  to  come  be  but  tributes  to  heroic 
deeds  of  men  of  a  common  origin,  brothers  of  a  gallant  race;  evidences,  too,  that  from 
conflicts  past  has  arisen  a  stronger  nationality,  a  higher  and  better  civilization,  based  on 
what  alone  can  he  enduring — charity — a  common  brotherhood,  the  foundation  of  an 
enlightened  Christianity,  challenging  the  respect  and  admiration  of  mankind.  As  always, 

Very  truly  yours, 

LEWIS  B.  PARSONS. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Lewis  Baldwin  Parsons  was  born  in  Genessee  county,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1818.  He 
received  a  collegiate  education  and  was  graduated  "A.  B."  by  Yale  in  1840,  with  "A.  M." 
conferred  in  1843,  and  "LL.  B."  by  Harvard  in  1844. 


May  29-31,  1895. 


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City  attorney  of  Alton,  111.,  1846-48.  Attorney  and  president  Ohio  &  Mississippi 
railroad,  1854-61  and  1877-78. 

Commissioned  in  the  United  States  army:  Captain  of  volunteers,  October  31,  1861; 
colonel  and  A.  D.  C.  to  Maj.-Gen.  Halleck,  April  4,  1862;  brigadier-general,  May  n, 
1865,  by  autographic  order  of  President  Lincoln,  for  special  services  rendered;  brevet- 
major-general,  April  30,  1866. 

He  had  charge  of  rail  and  river  transportation  of  the  Armies  of  the  United  States; 
and  his  successful  movement  of  large  bodies  was  pronounced  by  Secretary  of  War 
Stan  ton,  "without  a  parallel." 

Member  of  G.  A.  R.  and  companion  of  Loyal  Legion.  His  whole  character  is 
broad,  liberal  and  elevated. 

INTERESTING    INCIDENTS. 

Some  ten  years  after  the  final  interment  of  the  Camp  Douglas  prison 
Confederate  dead  in  the  government  plot  of  Oakwoods  cemetery, 
Chicago,  a  thicket  of  saplings  and  sprouts  had  grown  so  entirely  over 
the  three  acres  as  to  hide  the  mounds  of  the  grave-trenches  and  make 
a  forest-wild  nook  in  the  limits  of  that  silent  city  of  the  dead. 

On  the  3Oth  of  May,  1876,  Decoration  Day,  Whittier  Post,  No.  10, 
G.  A.  R.  of  Chicago, Capt.  Charles  R.  E.  Koch,  commanding,  and  Milliard 
Post,  No.  34,  G.  A.  R.  of  Englewood,  Capt.  J.  T.  Foster,  command- 
ing, joined  in  decorating  the  graves  of  Union  soldiers  buried  in  Oak- 
woods,  and,  after  such  ceremonies  were  completed,  the  united  bodies  of 
Grand  Army  veterans  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Koch  (senior 
officer),  marched  to  the  "Confederate  thicket"  and,  trampling  the  under- 
brush, pushed  through  the  rank  growths  of  young  trees,  briars  and 
weeds  and  strewed  northern  flowers  over  the  graves  of  the  southern 
soldiers  there  buried;  and  Comrade  DeWolff  of  Hilliard  Post  offered  a 
short  and  appropriate  sentiment,  setting  forth  the  spirit  in  which  such 
visitation  was  made. 

This  was  the  first  recognition  of  the  Confederate  dead  in  Chicago, 
and  all  praise  is  due  Capt.  (now  colonel)  Koch  and  his  associates  for 
the  conception  and  execution  of  such  humane  movement. 

The  following  incidents  are  related  and  illustrate  the  character  of  : 


COL.  CHAS.  R.  E.  KOCH, 
Of  Chicago. 

When  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon  visited  Chicago  in  1891,  the  First  regiment  infantry, 
I.  N.  G.,  Col.  Chas.  R.  E.  Koch  commanding,  served  as  special  escort  to  the  dis- 
tinguished southerner;  and  the  colonel  in  his  liberality  of  feeling,  directed  the  regi- 
mental band  master  to  arrange  a  march  in  which  "Dixie"  and  "Yankee  Doodle"  should 
be  blended,  as  a  musical  tender  of  the  "hand-shake  over  the  bloody  chasm."  The 


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harmonic  effusion  was  thoroughly  appreciated  by  every  one  who  heard  it,  for  all  recog- 
nized in  it  an  emphasis  and  refrain  of  Gen.  Grant's  dictum:  "Let  us  have  peace." 

Capt.  John  Geo.  Ryan,  Confederate  States  cavalry,  was  a  prisoner  of  war  on  parole 
in  July,  1865,  and  was  making  arrangements  at  Memphis,  to  go  into  the  newspaper  busi- 
ness at  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  when  on  the  22d  of  that  month  he  was  arrested,  placed  in  con- 
finement and  taken  to  the  old  Capitol  prison,  Washington,  D.  C.,  under  the  accusation  of 
being  the  missing  John  H.  Surratt,  one  of  J.  Wilkes  Booth's  co-conspirators  in  the  assas- 
sination of  President  Lincoln. 

In  September  1865  a  number  of  prisoners  were  turned  over  to  Capt.  C.  R.  E.  Koch 
provost  marshal  of  the  western  district  of  Mississippi  at  Vicksburg,  and  one  of  them,  of 
slender  build  and  fragile  look,  was  handcuffed  and  wore  a  ball  and  chain  fastened  to  his 
ankles.  This  unusual  weight  of  iron  caused  the  provost  marshal  to  conclude  that  the  party 
must  be  a  great  criminal,  but  on  looking  over  the  roll  of  prisoners  he  learned  that  there 
was  no  charge  whatever  entered  up  against  this  man.  Having  no  right  to  hold  anyone 
without  an  accusation,  he  at  once  reported  the  case  to  Gen.  H.  W.  Slocum,  then  com- 
manding the  Department  of  Mississippi,  who  directed  that  the  prisoner  be  held  pending 
an  inquiry  from  the  war  department  at  Washington,  whence  he  came. 

Capt.  Koch  thoroughly  believing  the  prisoner's  story,  that  he  was  not  the  missing 
Surratt,  which  he  took  pains  to  substantiate  through  his  detective  force,  ordered  the 
iron  fetters  removed  at  once  and  gave  him  as  good  quarters  as  historic  jail  No.  i 
afforded,  and  as  time  progressed  placed  Capt.  Ryan  under  parole  and  allowed  him  to 
spend  the  afternoons  out  of  jail,  on  condition  that  he  would  return  at  sundown  to  be 
locked  up. 

It  was  not  till  some  time  in  November  that  instructions  came  from  Washington 
ordering  that  J.  G.  Ryan  "be  released  from  military  custody  and  be  suffered  to  resume 
the  status  of  an  ordinary  prisoner  of  war  under  parole."  This  order  was  promptly 
executed  by  the  provost  marshal,  but  as  the  "mysterious  prisoner"  represented  that  he 
was  without  means  to  proceed  to  Memphis  and  resume  his  business  prospects  that  had 
been  so  suddenly  cut  off  in  July  by  United  States  officers,  the  provost  marshal  informed 
him  that  as  the  United  States  had  captured  him  at  Memphis  he  would  receive  trans- 
portation and  subsistence  to  that  place.  To  procure  this  he  (the  provost  marshal) 
reported  the  details  of  the  case  to  Gen.  Osterhaus,  the  district  commander,  and 
asked  that,  as  an  act  of  simple  justice,  the  quartermaster  department  be  ordered  to- 
furnish  the  necessary  transportation.  This  was  flatly  refused,  the  general  stating  that 
the  government  was  not  then  "furnishing  transportation  to  rebels."  Capt.  Koch 
consequently  interceded  with  the  managment  of  the  theater  for  a  benefit  of  his  quondam 
prisoner,  which  resulted  in  quite  a  liberal  purse  being  presented  to  Capt.  Ryan  to 
enable  him  to  return  to  his  former  base  of  operation.  It  is  needless  to  say  the  provost 
marshal  and  his  friends  assisted  in  the  financial  success  of  the  benefit  performance. 

The  district  commander  shortly  after  recommended  every  officer  serving  on  his- 
staff  for  brevet  rank  promotion  except  the  provost  marshal,  thereby  disregarding  nearly 
four  years  of  loyal  service  in  the  cause  of  the  Union,  with  several  special  commendations 
for  merit,  because  of  his  "unwarranted  sympathy  fora  rebel,"  and  the  captain  naturally 
asks,  was  that  justice?  Such  are  the  prejudices  in  times  of  war,  of  patriotic,  good, 
able,  and,  under  ordinary  circumstances,  generous  men,  that  bitterness  is  not  always- 
quickly  obliterated. 

Capt.  Ryan,  years  after,  settled  in  Chicago,  the  home  of  Capt.  Koch,  and  he  never 
permitted  an  opportunity  to  escape  him  to  refer  to  the  courtesies  and  kindness  received 
•in  1865,  and  his  constant  expressions  of  gratitude  have  always  been  a  rich  recompense 
for  the  loss  of  the  brevet  commission,  to  the  former  provost  marshal. 


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BIOGRAPHIC. 

Charles  R.  E.  Koch  was  born  in  Polish  Prussia,  April  24,  1844.  whence  his  parents 
emigrated  and  settled  in  Wisconsin  while  he  was  very  young;  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  went  to  Chicago  alone,  in  1859;  and  studied  dentistry  in  1860-61. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  G,  Seventy-second 
Illinois  volunteer  infantry  (Chicago's  first  Board  of  Trade  regiment)  August,  1862;  was 
promoted  corporal,  sergeant  and  first  sergeant  of  his  company. 

Commissioned  captain  Forty-ninth  United  States  colored  infantry,  November  5, 
1863;  was  detached  and  acted  as  aid  to  Gen.  Lorenzo  Thomas,  adjutant-general  United 
States  army,  until  January,  1864.  Provost  marshal  of  Yazoo  City,  Miss.,  May,  1865; 
promoted  provost  marshal  of  the  western  district  of  Mississippi,  with  headquarters 
at  Vicksburg,  August,  1865,  which  position  he  held  until  honorably  mustered  out  of 
the  service  March  23,  1866. 

Returning  to  Chicago,  he  resumed  his  studies,  and  eventually  entered  the  practice 
of  dentistry. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  first  presiding  officer  of  the  Union  Veteran 
club,  in  January,  1877,  and  was  chosen  captain  of  a  volunteer  company  of  Union  and 
Confederate  veterans  recruited  to  protect  Chicago  at  the  time  of  the  riots  that  year. 

Connected  with  the  Illinois  National  Guard: — 

Private  First  infantry,  August,  1877;  captain,  October,  1877;  major,  April,  1886; 
lieutenant-colonel,  February,  1888;  colonel,  April,  1889 — November,  1893. 

Member  Illinois  State  Board  of  Dental  Examiners,  September,  1886;  became 
secretary  and  afterward  president  of  the  board;  the  president  National  Association  of 
State  Boards  of  Dental  Examiners,  in  1890,  and  was  honored  by  the  dental  department 
of  Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with  degree  of  D.  D.  S.,  in  1889. 

Member  of  G.  H.  Thomas  Post  No.  5,  G.  A.  R. ;  has  been  post  commander, 
inspector-general  and  adjutant-general  of  the  Department  of  Illinois,  G.  A.  R.;  is  an 
associate  member  of  the  Military  Service  Association  of  the  United  States  and  member 
of  the  military  order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee. 


HON.    JOHN    T.    MORGAN, 

United  States  Senator  from  Alabama. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  May  8,  1895. 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Chicago,  III. : 

MY  DEAR  GENERAL — I  would  esteem  it  a  duty,  as  well  as  a  high  privilege,  to  be 
present  at  the  dedication  of  the  monument  in  Chicago  to  the  Confederate  soldiers  who 
sleep  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  if  I  could  make  my  circumstances  bend  to  my  wishes. 

Where  they  grasped  the  hand  of  death  in  proof  of  their  devotion  to  their  ciuse,  is  a 
fitting  place  for  a  memorial  of  their  heroism.  Those  who  love  the  highest  examples  of 
human  sacrifice,  when  made  in  obedience  to  heartfelt  convictions,  will  feel  honored  by 
the  presence  of  this  monument  in  their  midst.  It  is  to  a  noble  enemy  that  the  true 
soldier  loves  to  do  honor.  To  the  heroic  friend  who  has  died  in  a  cause  that  we 
espoused,  we  add  the  tribute  of  affection.  In  the  expression  of  both  sentiments  toward  the 
dead,  we  celebrate  our  own  estimate  of  the  virtues  that  cause  men  even  to  die  for  what 
they  believe  to  be  their  rights  and  tributes.  I  cannot  be  present  to  unite  with  you  in 
this  expression  of  your  admiration  and  love  of  the  Confederate  dead  at  Chicago,  but  my 
most  earnest  sympathies  will  be  yours.  Sincerely  yours, 

JOHN  T.  MORGAN. 


Commander-in-Chief,  G.  A.  R  ,    1895. 


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ENDORSEMENT  BY  THE  HIGHEST  G.  A.  R.  OFFICIAL, 
GEN.   THOMAS  G.   LAWLER. 


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PROMINENT  PERSONAGES 

WHO  CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE 

CONFEDERATE    MONUMENT   FUND 

AND  OTHERWISE  GAVE  MATERIAL  AID 
TO  THE  MOVEMENT. 

A.   O.  SLAUGHTER, 

Of  Chicago. 

Among  the  wealthy  gentlemen  of  Chicago  who  contributed  most 
liberally  toward  the  erection  of  the  monument  over  the  remains  of  the 
southern  soldiers  buried  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  is  Mr.  Slaughter,  whose 
excellently  engraved  portrait  appears  on  the  previous  page.  He  in  the 
beginning  donated  a  very  large  amount,  in  fact,  the  greatest  outlay  of 
money  given  to  the  purpose,  by  any  one  individual,  for  which  he  is 
hereby  tendered  grateful  thanks  by  the  author,  and  will  ever  be  appreci- 
atively and  affectionately  remembered  by  the  southern  people.  The 
following  will  give,  in  synopsis,  outlines  of  his  life: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Arthur  Orville  Slaughter  was  born  in  Scott  county,  Ky.,  August  31,  1841.  His 
parents  immigrated  to  Kentucky  from  Orange  and  Culpepper  counties,  Va.,  and 
when  he  was  four  years  old  they  moved  to  Lafayette  county,  Mo.  He  received  his 
principal  education  at  the  University  of  Missouri.  He  espoused  the  cause  of  the  south 
at  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war,  and  served  under  Gen.  Sterling  Price,  in  the  Missouri 
state  guards.  Having  lost  his  interest  in  much  property  through  the  emancipation  of  his 
father's  slaves  by  the  government,  he  at  the  close  of  the  war  went  to  Chicago  and 
engaged  in  the  banking  business,  which  he  has  continuously  and  successfully  conducted 
ever  since.  He  is  a  cultivated,  enterprising  and  whole-souled  citizen,  alive  to  the  interests 
of  the  great  city,  his  adopted  home,  and  ever  recollecting  and  cherishing  the  land  and 
people  of  his  youth. 

PHILIP  D.  ARMOUR, 
Of  Chicago, 

Is  another,  among  the  most  prominent,  who  gave  early  and  liberally  to 
the  erection  of  a  shaft  over  the  Confederate  dead  in  Chicago, 
having  contributed  to  that  granite  testimonial  in  Oakwoods  in  the  unos- 
tentatious direct  manner,  that  characteristically  stamps  all  of  his 
philanthropies.  To  him,  as  to  the  others,  the  sincerest  thanks  are 
hereby  tendered. 


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POTTER  PALMER, 

Of  Chicago. 

Another  of  Chicago's  liberal  citizens  is  Mr.  Palmer,  and  the  photo- 
engraving on  the  preceding  page  is  a  superb  likeness  of  him.  He 
it  was  who,  at  the  very  commencement  of  the  monument  movement, 
subscribed  liberally  to  the  proposed  memorial  as  a  contribution  from  his 
wife  and  himself;  and  later,  when  the  plans  for  dedicating  the  monument 
were  being  perfected,  and  he  in  Europe,  it  was  through  his  special 
courtesy,  flashed  over  the  trans-Atlantic  cable,  that  the  manager  of  the 
Palmer  House  extended  an  invitation  to  entertain  all  the  Confederate  and 
Federal  guests  on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the  Confederate 
monument  in  Chicago;  and  such  hospitable  service  was  rendered,  and 
for  which  fullest  thanks  are  thus  publicly  extended  to  him.  He  is  a 
pronounced,  determined  man,  broad  in  thought  and  generous  by  action, 
and  withal,  one  of  the  most  perfect  types  of  Chicago's  thorough 
business  men;  and  the  following  concise  sketch  embraces  the  salient 
points  of  his  character. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Potter  Palmer's  career  during  his  many  years'  residence  in  Chicago  has  been  not 
unlike  that  of  the  city  itself. 

He  came  of  English  family,  his  ancestors  being  among  the  first  settlers  of  New 
England.  About  the  beginning  of  the  present  century  his  grandparents  moved  to  New 
York.  Potter  Palmer  was  born  on  a  farm  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Hudson.  Up  to  the 
time  he  was  18  years  old  he  attended  school,  and  at  that  age  he  entered  a  country  store 
and  bank  in  Durham  County,  N.  Y.  A  few  years  af  cerward,  having  managed  to  accumu- 
late a  little  money,  he  went  into  business  for  himself.  He  soon  turned  his  eyes  toward 
the  west  and  with  a  rare  foresight  saw  that  Chicago,  then  little  more  than  a  big  village, 
was  to  become  a  great  metropolis.  Immigrating  to  that  city  he  embarked  in  commerce 
by  starting  a  dry  goods  store  on  Lake  street  forty  years  ago;  he  soon  built  up  a  business 
which  had  the  largest  trade  enjoyed  by  any  house,  not  in  Chicago  alone,  but  of  the 
entire  west;  and,  after  thirteen  years  of  remarkable  success,  disposed  of  his  interests  to 
Field  &  Leiter. 

In  1865,  although  not  yet  40  years  old,  he  retired  from  active  business  but  continued 
to  operate  largely  in  real  estate.  When  the  fire  of  1871  wiped  out  the  business  portion 
of  the  city  Mr.  Palmer  is  estimated  to  have  lost  $2,000,000,  but  in  a  short  time  he  com- 
menced the  work  by  which  his  name  is  best  known  to  Chicagoans. 

He  is  a  true,  public-spirited  citizen  and  has  taken  a  great  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  Chicago;  is  probably  as  well  known  as  any  man  in  the  city,  and  his  successful  busi- 
ness record  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  in  the  west. 


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229 

H.   N.  HIGINBOTHAM, 
Of  Chicago. 

Among  the  first  to  give  a  helping  hand  toward  the  erection  of  the 
Confederate  monument  was  Mr.  Higinbotham,  through  a  liberal  sub- 
scription to  the  construction  fund  thereof. 

Besides  the  material  aid  thus  rendered,  he  has  constantly  counten- 
anced and  every  way  endorsed  the  harmonizing  movement  looking  to 
the  bringing  about  of  friendliest  relations  between  the  northern  and 
southern  sections,  and,  as  a  special  instance  of  his  efforts  in  that 
direction,  is  cited  the  dove  presentation  scene  in  St.  Paul's  Universalist 
church,  the  Sunday  before  Decoration  Day,  May  30,  1895,  and  with  the 
view  of  presenting  the  facts  thereof,  the  following  letter  is  published: 

John  C.   Underwood,  Esq.,  Chicago: 

MY  DEAR  SIR — Replying  to  your  request  for  a  statement  of  the  meeting  between 
the  Grand  Army  Post  and  the  organization  of  Confederate  soldiers  that  took  place  in 
St.  Paul's  Universalist  church  the  Sunday  prior  to  May  3oth,  1895,  I  beg  to  say  that 
the  occasion  was  one  of  very  great  pleasure  to  the  congregation  and  the  two  organiza- 
tions. At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies  the  pastor,  Rev.  A.  J.  Canfield,  requested 
the  audience  to  remain  seated  until  the  two  organizations  had  filed  out  of  the  church, 
stating  as  a  reason  that  it  would  avoid  considerable  confusion.  At  the  close  of  his 
remarks,  and  being  seated  immediately  adjoining  the  two  organizations,  I  stated  that, 
at  the  risk  of  the  confusion,  I  would  like  very  much  to  have  the  two  bodies  remain  in 
the  church  in  order  that  they  might  meet  each  other  personally  and  some  of  the 
members  of  the  congregation  as  well.  My  request  was  granted,  and  met  with  the 
hearty  approval  of  all  present.  The  mingling  of  the  two  bodies  with  the  congregation 
and  with  each  other  was  a  memorable  occasion  and  very  much  enjoyed  by  all  parties. 
Comrade  Sanford  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Post,  took  occasion  to  present  a  beautiful  white 
dove  to  the  commander  of  the  ex-Confederate  Association,  Col.  Stewart.  The  presenta- 
tion and  the  reply  were  both  felicitous,  and  I  am  sure  the  occasion  was  one  long 
to  be  remembered  by  the  members  of  both  organizations,  and  augmented  the  kindly 
feeling  that  already  existed. 

Regretting  that  I  am  unable  to  give  you  a  better  statement  of  the  facts,  and  trusting 
that  from  this  statement  you  will  be  able  to  make  such  reference  to  the  occasion  as  will 
be  satisfactory  to  yourself,  I  am,  with  respect, 

Very  truly  yours, 

H.   N.   HIGINBOTHAM. 
BIOGRAPHIC. 

Harlow  N.  Higinbotham  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Joliet,  111.,  October  10,  1838; 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Illinois.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Chicago 
Mercantile  Battery  of  Illinois  volunteers,  U.  S.  A.,  August,  1862,  but,  on  account  of  his 
peculiar  fitness,  was  almost  immediately  transferred  to  the  quartermaster's  department, 
and  served  his  entire  enlistment  as  chief  clerk  to  the  ranking  quartermaster  in  different 
divisions  of  the  army,  where  his  expert  services  were  most  in  demand;  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  army  in  December,  1864.  Returning  to  Chicago  he  engaged  in  commerce,  and 
for  thirty-five  years  has  been  connected  with  the  mercantile  establishment  of  Marshall 
Field  &  Co.  and  its  predecessors.  A  director  and  president  of  the  World's  Columbian 
exposition. 


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231 

LYMAN  J.  GAGE, 
Of  Chicago. 

Assistance  in  the  general  movement  was  rendered  by  many,  and 
among  the  liberal  and  patriotic  hearts  that  beat  responsive  to  the  call 
was  that  of  Mr.  Gage,  who  ever  gave  encouragement  and  by  his 
ability,  tact  and  sound  judgment  materially  aided  in  the  successful 
completion  of  the  author's  arduous  task,  self  imposed.  The  prominent 
features  of  his  character  are  encompassed  within  the  biographic  notes 
appended,  and  are  no  less  true  than  the  perfect  likeness  to  the  man  that 
the  engraved  art  work  on  the  foregoing  page  portrays. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Lyman  J'udson  Gage  was  born  in  the  village  of  De  Ruyter,  N,  Y. ,  June  28,  1836. 
Received  early  education  through  four  years'  tuition  in  an  academy  and,  at  15  years 
of  age,  obtained  a  clerkship  in  the  post-office  at  Rome,,  N.  Y.,  and  soon  after  was 
detailed  as  mail  route  agent  on  the  Rome  and  Watertown  railroad.  When  18  years  old 
he  became  a  junior  clerk  in  a  bank,  on  a  very  limited  salary,  and,  through  eighteen 
months'  close  attention  to  various  routine  duties,  obtained  an  insight  into  the  banking 
business. 

He  immigrated  west  and  arrived  in  Chicago,  October  3,  1855,  19  years  old,  without 
friends  or  means.  He  obtained  a  clerkship  in  the  lumber  business  with  varied  duties 
of  keeping  books  and  handling  lumber,  which  position  he  retained  three  years  and 
finally,  in  August,  1858,  became  bookkeeper  in  the  Merchants'  Savings  Loan  and  Trust 
Company;  the  next  year  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  cashier,  which  place  he 
filled  nearly  seven  years  and  obtained  great  financial  experience  He  was  invited  to  and 
accepted  the  cashiership  of  the  First  National  Bank  in  1867;  and,  in  May,  1883,  was 
made  its  vice-president  and  practically  directed  the  policy  and  managed  the  bank.  He 
was  elected  president  of  the  bank  in  January,  1891,  which  position  he  still  holds, 
devoting  his  time  and  energies  to  the  active  management  of  the  bank  with  which  he  has 
been  connected  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The  great  banking  ability  he  has 
displayed,  gives  him  first  rank  as  an  eminent  financier;  and  was  fully  recognized  by  the 
profession,  through  his  election  as  president  of  the  American  Bankers'  Association  in 
1882  and  re-election  for  two  successive  terms.  He  is  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
interests  of  Chicago  and  is  always  active  in  the  city's  advancement.  As  first  president 
of  the  World's  Columbian  exposition  he  infused  great  vitality  in  that  magnificent  enter- 
prise, and  was  forced  to  relinquish  the  presidency  in  consequence  of  increasing  bank 
duties,  but  remained  a  director  on  its  board  to  the  successful  close  and  was  the  main 
organizing  and  stimulating  power  that  opened  the  purses  and  treasuries  of  Chicago. 

As  president  of  the  Commercial  club  and  director  and  treasurer  of  the  Art  Institute, 
etc.,  he  has  maintained  his  high  standing,  and  is  both  popular  and  influential  in  the 
widest  scope,  from  the  top  to  bottom  of  the  great  city's  vast  population,  being  regarded 
as  a  broad,  liberal,  conscientiously  just  man,  elevated  and  urbane 


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CHAS.  B.   FARWELL, 

Of  Chicago. 

One  of  the  well-known  men  of  Chicago,  who  believes  in  the  absolute 
reuniting  of  the  sections  to  the  formation  of  a  perfectly  harmonized 
Nation,  in  conversation  with  the  author,  in  substance  said:  "If  I  could 
have  my  way,  I  would  destroy  all  monuments  commemorating  inter- 
necine strife  and  entirely  obliterate  every  evidence  of  the  fact  that  there 
had  been  a  civil,  sectional  war  in  the  country,  that  the  descendants  of 
both  northerner  and  southerner  might  as  far  as  possible  forget  that  the 
blood  of  their  forefathers  had  ever  been  spilled  in  fratricidal  battles." 
And  in  response  to  a  letter  requesting  a  written  communication  corrob- 
orating his  verbal  statement,  made  prior  to  the  dedicatory  services  here- 
inbefore described,  he  has  written  the  following: 

John  C.    Underwood,   Esc/.,   Chicago: 

DEAR  SIR — I  have  yours  in  which  you  ask  me  to  write  my  views,  which  I  expressed 
to  you  on  a  former  occasion,  in  regard  to  the  late  civil  war. 

In  a  word,  I  think  that  the  evidences  of  that  war  and  its  recollections  on  both  sides 
should  be  put  far  behind  us  and  as  speedily  forgotten  as  possible. 

I  might  add  to  this,  but  what  I  think  is  all  included  in  the  above  sentence. 

Yours  veiy  truly,  C.   B.  FARWELL. 

In  his  expression  of  good  feeling  toward  the  south,  he  goes  some- 
what further  than  many  of  his  associates,  and  evinces  a  broadness  of 
character  that  would  so  bury  the  unpleasant  past  as  to  combine  all 
elements  within  a  swelling  tide  of  completest  union,  without  marks  or 
invidious  distinctions  of  any  character,  about  which  to  discuss  in 
unprofitable  debate. 

Such  is  the  man!  See  on  the  preceding  page  the  broad  and  benevolent 
features  of  his  Websterian  face,  and  read  the  outline  of  his  life  as 
follows: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Charles  B.  Farwell  was  born  in  Steuben  county,  N.  Y.,  July  i,  1823.  Received 
early  education  at  Elmira  Academy,  New  York.  Immigrated  to  Illinois  when  15  years 
old  and  moved  to  Chicago  in  1844.  County  clerk  of  Cook  county  from  1853-61.  Elected 
to  Congress  in  1870.  Re-elected  to  Congress  in  1872,  '74  and  '80,  in  all  four  terms,  and 
declined  further  election.  Elected  United  States  senator  January  19,  1887,  to  fill 
vacancy  caused  by  death  of  Senator  Logan. 

Engaged  in  wholesale  mercantile  business  in  Chicago  since  January,  1865. 


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WASHINGTON  HESING, 

Postmaster  of  Chicago. 

Among  the  gentlemen  of  Chicago  who  gave  countenance  to  the  move- 
ment looking  to  the  dedication  of  the  monument  erected  over  the  Con- 
federate soldiers  buried  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  and  who  subsequently 
gave  assistance  and  aid  thereto,  was  Mr.  Hesing,  and  because  of  his 
being  the  most  prominent  government  official  of  the  city,  the  support 
thus  early  rendered  was  of  great  value. 

He  has  ever  been  active  in  everything  pertaining  to  harmonizing 
the  formerly  opposing  elements  of  the  country,  and  with  the  broad  ideas 
that  he  has  always  advanced  for  the  betterment  of  all  sections 
of  the  Nation,  much  good  has  been  done  toward  reuniting  the  people. 

In  consequence  of  his  long  editorial  and  managing  charge  of  the 
Staats  Zeitung,  and  later  as  the  government  official  in  charge  of  the  city's 
mails,  he  is  one  of  the  most  prominent,  best  known  and  influential  per- 
sonages of  Chicago.  The  sincerest  thanks  are  hereby  extended  to  him 
for  his  acts  in  the  premises;  and  believing  that  a  sketch  will  be  interest- 
ing, attention  is  invited  to  the  following: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Washington  Hesing  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  14,  1849,  and  his  parents 
moved  to  Chicago  in  1854.  Received  early  education  at  Kinzie  school,  Chicago;  then 
went  to  Europe  and  attended  school  at  Osnabrueck,  Hanover;  in  1861  he  attended  the 
old  University  of  Chicago,  thence  he  went  to  St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake,  where  he  studied 
two  years  and  entering  Yale  University  in  1866,  graduated  with  honors  in  1870  and 
returned  to  Chicago.  Attended  lectures  two  years  at  Berlin  and  Heidelberg,  Germany, 
on  international  law,  political  economy,  history,  literature  and  general  subjects  pertain- 
ing to  journalism.  Became  a  member  of  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Staats  Zeitung,  Chi- 
cago, in  1871,  and  by  ability  and  journalistic  capacity  arose  to  the  position  of  managing 
editor,  which  he  still  holds. 

In  1871  he  became  a  member  of  the  board  of  education,  rearranged  and  established 
the  method  of  German  studies  in  all  the  schools  of  Chicago. 

President  of  the  county  board  of  education  in  1880;  postmaster  of  Chicago  1894 — . 

Among  the  many  other  stanch  advocates  of  the  movement  and 
liberal  contributors  to  the  monument  fund  are  Messrs.  Cyrus  H.  McCor- 
mick,  who  started  early  a  subscription  paper  with  a  round  donation,  which 
was  supplemented  by  donations  from  C.  F.  Gunther,  G.  H.  Wheeler  for 
the  Chicago  City  railway,  W.  A.  Alexander  and  many  others,  the  roster 
thereof  with  a  statement  of  the  amounts  of  their  respective  contributions 
is  given  in  full  detail  in  the  account  of  receipts  and  disbursements  pub- 
lished in  the  addendum,  and  the  fullest  meed  of  thanks  is  extended  to 
all,  for  such  material  aid  and  other  appreciated  services. 


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COMPLIMENTARY  TRANSPORTATION 

OF 

GUESTS    FROM    ALL    PARTS    OF    THE    COUNTRY,   GUN   CARRIAGES  AND 
MANY   CARLOADS    OF    FLOWERS    FROM 
THE    SOUTH.  • 

VALUABLE  ASSISTANCE  RENDERED. 

In  order  to  dedicate  the  monument  to  the  Confederate  dead  at  Chi- 
cago with  national  eclat,  it  was  requisite  to  so  formulate  plans  as  to 
insure  the  attendance  upon  the  occasion  of  renowned  southern  and 
northern  generals  and  other  distinguished  personages;  and  to  do  that 
successfully,  it  was  necessary  to  obtain  assistance  from  long  lines  of 
transportation,  including  special  car  privileges,  and  complimentary  hotel 
service  in  the  great  city  wherein  the  memorial  shaft  stood  erected. 
Such  needs  seemed  to  have  been  realized  by  many  individuals  and 
corporations  having  power  to  render  most  appreciative  services,  of  which 
special  mention  is  hereinafter  consecutively  made. 

The  first  material  courtesy  was  received  from  the  Cleveland,  Cincin- 
nati, Chicago  &  St.  Louis  ("Big  Four")  railway,  through  the  proper 
officers  under  instructions  from  its  president: 

M.   E.   INGALLS, 

Of   Cincinnati. 

In  the  use  of  freight  trains  to  transport  gun  carriages  for  the  cannon 
comprising  the  field  battery  appropriated  by  the  government,  and  by  a 
further  proffer  to  haul  refrigerator  cars  of  flowers  donated  by  the  south, 
with  which  to  ornament  the  burial  grounds.  Such  services  were 
rendered  and  afterward  supplemented  by  President  Ingalls'  order  to 
transport  the  special  cars,  containing  the  dedicatory  party  between 
the  Cities  of  Chicago  and  Cincinnati,  and,  in  fact,  to  furnish  every 
character  of  courtesy  to  the  guests  from  the  various  sections  of  the 
country.  How  the  complimentary  service  was  performed  was  assured  by 
the  magnificent  appointments  of  the  line  extending  the  favor;  which, 
through  its  safety,  comfort  and  speed,  wheeled  the  distinguished  party 
between  two  of  its  terminal  cities,  during  a  night  of  great  pleasure,  and 
the  impressions  made  by  the  many  hospitable  receptions  were  such,  that 
the  waters  of  Lake  Michigan  and  the  beautiful  Ohio  river,  the  fertile 
plains  of  Illinois  and  picturesque  hills  of  Kentucky  all  ornamented  the 
recollection  of  a  most  enjoyable  excursion.  And,  for  which,  grateful 
thanks  are  heartily  tendered. 


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239 

The  broadness  of  the  man,  through  whose  favor  the  foregoing 
referred  to  courtesies  became  possible,  is  axiomatic;  and  in  acknowl- 
edgment thereof  it  is  fitting  to  present  the  following  outline  sketch  of 

his  life: 

BIOGRAPH  1C. 

Melville  Ezra  Ingalls  was  born  in  Harrison,  Me  ,  September  6,  1842.  The  son 
of  a  farmer,  he  attended  the  district  school  in  the  winter  and  labored  on  the  farm  during 
other  seasons.  At  the  age  of  16  he  passed  an  examination  and  became  a  school 
teacher.  He  was  county  school  master  for  six  years  and  devoted  his  spare  time  to  study 
and  in  1860  he  graduated  with  honors  from  Bridgton  academy  and  entered  Bowdoin 
college,  Maine.  He  entered  Harvard  Law  School  in  1862  and  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  1864  at  Gray,  Me.;  whence  he  moved  to  Boston,  Mass.,  continued  professional 
practice  and  entering  politics,  was  elected  state  senator  in  1867.  Declining  renomination 
he  became  a  corporation  counsel,  and  in  1871  was  appointed  receiver  of  the  Indian- 
apolis, Cincinnati  &  La  Fayette  railroad,  and  moving  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  took  charge  of 
the  affairs  of  that  company.  He  conducted  its  business  so  successfully,  that  upon  its 
reorganization  as  the  Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  &  St.  Louis  railway  in  1880  he  became 
its  president  and  remained  in  such  capacity  until  1889;  when,  upon  the  consolidation  of 
the  road  with  the  Cleveland,  Chicago,  Cincinnati  &  Indianapolis  and  Indianapolis  &  St. 
Louis  railways,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  three  companies  united  in  the  Cleve- 
land, Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  railway,  commonly  known  as  the  "Big  Four 
Route,"  which  position  he  still  holds.  From  1881  to  1883  he  was  president  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Central  railroad,  and  since  1888  he  has  served  as  president  of  the  Chesapeake  & 
Ohio  railroad.  The  excellent  equipment  of  these  railways,  their  safety,  and  the  popu- 
larity of  the  routes,  reflect  great  credit  upon  his  controlling  management;  and  he 
justly  stands  the  peer  of  any  railroad  magnate  throughout  the  country. 

He  was  president  of  the  Cincinnati  exposition  in  1880,  and  gives  material  assistance 
and  great  encouragement  to  the  city's  famous  musical  organizations.  He  maintains  seven 
or  eight  flourishing  branches  of  the  Railroad  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  at 
principal  points  on  the  railroads  he  controls. 

He  is  a  man  of  liberal  and  advanced  ideas  and  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his 
adopted  city;  was  one  of  the  founders  and  is  president  of  the  Cincinnati  Art  Museum 
and  also  of  the  Technical  School;  is  a  marked  public  speaker  and  considerate,  careful, 
determined  and  courteous  in  all  things. 

The  largest  party  of  ex-Confederates  that  attended  the  monument 
dedication  came  from  the  Capital  City  of  Washington;  and  that  such  a 
body  of  about  forty  people  might  be  properly  conveyed  to  the  great 
northwestern  metropolis  and  then  returned  to  the  District  of  Columbia, 
was  a  difficult  problem  to  solve,  one  not  susceptible  of  solution  except  by 
the  aid  of  a  great  trunk  line  railway;  and  it  was  solved  through  the 
favor  of  the  third  vice-president  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad: 


CHAS.    K.   LORD, 

Of  Baltimore, 

Who,  with   characteristic    liberality,   carrying  out    the    generous    policy 
ever  followed  by  the  grand  old  transportation  company,  of  which  he  is 


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officer,  proffered  such  assistance  as  enabled  the  author  to  extend  the 
courtesies  of  that  line  to  the  distinguished  party  having  with  it  the 
soldier-statesman  orator  of  the  dedicatory  occasion;  and  the  ladies  and 
gentlemen  who  filled  the  special  palace  car  have  reason  to  long  remember 
the  pleasures  of  the  trip,  encompassing  as  it  does  the  exquisite  scenery 
of  the  far-famed  Alleghany  mountains,  the  rich  fields  and  beautiful  land- 
scapes between  the  tidewaters  of  the  historic  Potomac  river  and  the 
turbid  waves  of  Lake  Michigan;  and  from  the  "Queen  City,"  on  the 
Kentucky  border  of  Ohio  back  to  the  handsomest  Capital  City  of  all  the 
nations  on  earth.  The  "royal  blue  train,"  which  numbered  among  its 
elegant  sleeping  cars  the  one  so  richly  freighted,  rolled  along  its  beautiful 
course  to  the  delight  of  the  southern  guests  who  were  being  so  com- 
fortably transported:  and  such  were  the  enjoyable  accommodations  of 
the  train  and  road  that  the  party  arrived  in  Chicago,  after  the  extensive 
rail  ride  in  extremely  warm  weather,  but  little  fatigued  or  distressed 
because  of  the  heat  and  long  travel. 

The  magnitude  of  this  courtesy  carries  with  it  the  fullest  apprecia- 
tion from  the  participants,  for  which  sincerest  thanks  are  hereby  extended, 
and,  in  recognition  of  the  attributes  of  the  man,  a  concise  sketch  is  pub- 
lished as  follows: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Charles  King  Lord  was  born  at  Hoosac  Falls,  N.  Y.,  May  14,  1848.  Entered  rail- 
road service  October  i,  1865.  and  has  since  been  consecutively,  to  October,  1871,  a  clerk 
in  the  general  ticket  office  of  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati  &  La  Fayette  railroad; 
October,  1871,  to  April  i,  1873,  general  ticket  agent  same  road;  April  i,  1873,  to  October 
i,  1874,  assistant  general  passenger  agent,  and  October,  1874,  to  December  i,  1879, 
general  passenger  agent  of  the  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  &  Northern  railroad;  December 
i,  1879,  to  May  i,  1880,  general  ticket  agent  of  the  Wabash,  St.  Louis  &  Pacific  railway; 
May,  1880,  to  March,  1888,  general  passenger  agent  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad; 
March,  1888,  to  date,  third  vice-president  same  road 

Of  the  railroads  that  gave  very  material  assistance  was  the  Illinois 
Central,  President  Fish  and  other  officers  giving  every  aid  in  their  power, 
for  which  favor  and  service  the  sincerest  thanks  are  expressed;  but  the 
active  manager  and  second  vice-president  of  the  company: 

J.   T.    HARAHAN, 
Of  Chicago, 

Was  the  most  instrumental  in  the  movement,  with  early  courtesy  prof- 
ferring  the  use  of  its  trains  for  the  conveyance  of  guests  from  the  gulf 
states,  the  transportation  of  refrigerator  cars  of  flowers  and  the  move- 
ment of  the  military  to  and  from  the  cemetery  on  the  dedicatory  occasion 
and,  consequently,  special  thanks  are  hereby  extended  to  that  officer. 


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How  liberally  and  well  the  obligation  was  performed  under  his  direc- 
tion is  now  a  matter  of  record,  of  which  the  great  roadway  may  well 
be  proud,  for  the  main  service  in  conveying  so  many  thousands  of  people 
so  comfortably  in  such  a  short  space  of  time  is  work  that  can  be 
successfully  accomplished  by  but  few  railways  in  the  country.  As 
illustrative  of  the  life  of  this  active  railroad  man,  see  the  following 
sketch: 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

James  Thomas  Harahan  was  born  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  September,  1843.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  he  enlisted  as  a  United  States  volunteer  and  served  in  First  regi- 
ment Massachusetts  infantry  (now  known  as  the  "Old  First"),  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
until  the  battle  of  Williamsburg  and,  after  that,  in  a  New  York  battery.  He  was  a 
private  soldier  and  took  part  in  all  the  battles  in  which  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  was 
engaged  from  "Bull  Run"  to  "Spottsylvania,"  serving  from  1861  to  summer  of  1864, 
inclusive.  Entered  railway  service  fall  of  1864,  as  switchman  at  Alexandria,  Va.;  sub- 
sequently employed  in  shops  of  Orange  &  Alexandria  railroad,  same  place,  six  months; 
afterward  six  months  engine  dispatcher  and  engineer  same  road  and  place;  fall  of  1865 
to  summer  of  1866,  yardmaster  Nashville  &  Decatur  railroad,  Nashville,  Tenn.; 
1866  and  1867,  conductor  construction  train  same  road;  1868  and  1869,  conductor  Clarks- 
ville  division  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad;  part  of  1869  and  1870,  yardmaster  Louis- 
ville, Cincinnati  &  Lexington  railroad  one  year;  also  for  a  time  conductor  passenger 
train  same  road;  1870  to  August,  1872,  in  charge  Shelby  railroad;  August,  1872,  to  1879, 
roadmaster  Nashville  &  Decatur  railroad;  1879  to  1881,  superintendent  Memphis  line, 
Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad;  1881  to  December,  1883,  superintendent  New  Orleans 
division,  same  road;  December,  1883,  to  July  i,  1884,  general  superintendent  Louisville  & 
Nashville  railroad  south  of  Decatur;  July  i,  1884,  to  January  i,  1885,  general  manager 
entire  line,  same  road;  January  i,  1885,  to  April  i,  1885,  general  superintendent  Pitts- 
burg  division  Baltimore  &  Ohio  railroad;  April  i,  1885,  to  October,  1885,  assistant  general 
manager  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad;  October,  1885,  to  October,  1888,  general 
manager,  same  road;  October,  1888,  to  November  i,  1890,  successively  as  assistant  general 
manager  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  railway,  general  manager  Chesapeake  & 
Ohio  railway  and  general  manager  Louisville,  New  Orleans  &  Texas  railway;  November 
i,  1890,  to  date,  second  vice-president  Illinois  Central  railroad. 

Attended  International  Railway  Congress  held  in  London,  England,  in  June,  1895, 
as  a  delegate  from  the  American  Railway  Association;  is  an  admirable  railroad  man  and, 
as  the  practical  general  manager  of  the  Illinois  Central  railroad,  has  made  the  greatest 
success  of  his  life — as  thoroughly  evidenced  by  the  fine  condition  of  that  property  under 
his  active  management. 

He  is  a  stanch  determined  man,  a  fast  friend  and  true  to  every  purpose. 


GEORGE  M.   PULLMAN, 

Of  Chicago. 

The  splendid  triumph  of  Mr.  Pullman  in  the  construction  of  the 
palace  sleeping  car  and  the  development  of  the  extensive  sleeping  car 
system  which  bears  his  name,  has  given  great  comfort  and  convenience 


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to  the  traveling  public  throughout  the  continent.  While  this  fact  evi- 
dences great  inventive,  mechanical  and  business  ability,  it  does  not  fully 
show  the  character  of  the  man.  He  is  a  man  of  elevated  sentiments  in 
all  things;  ever  ready  and  willing  to  assist  legitimate  enterprise  and 
extremely  generous  in  individual  and  collective  charities.  He  is  a 
national  patriot  of  pronounced  stamp,  but  so  liberally  broad  by  nature 
that  he  can  view  and  consider  the  actions  of  opposing  elements  from 
their  standpoints.  It  was  his  courteous  act,  in  recognition  of  bravery 
and  fortitude,  which  supplied  the  sleeping  car  accommodations  to  Con- 
federate generals  and  other  personages,  who  as  guests,  attended  the 
dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument  in  Chicago. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

George  Mortimer  Pullman  was  born  in  Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y.,  March  3,  1831. 
He  received  an  ordinary  country  school  education,  and  at  the  age  of  14  was  employed 
in  a  country  store,  and  three  years  later  he  went  to  Albion,  N.  Y.,  where  he  entered 
into  the  cabinet  making  business  with  an  elder  brother.  He  varied  this  line  of  work 
during  the  next  ten  years  by  undertaking  contracts  of  various  sorts,  among  them  the 
moving  of  warehouses  and  other  buildings  along  the  line  of  the  Erie  canal,  which  at  that 
time  was  being  widened  by  the  state. 

In  1859  he  came  to  Chicago  and  undertook  and  accomplished  what  was  then  a 
novel  work,  the  raising  of  entire  blocks  of  brick  and  stone  buildings.  All  this  experi- 
ence gave  him  a  wide  field  of  observation,  stimulated  his  inventive  powers,  and  developed 
natural  executive  qualities  of  a  high  order.  Between  1859  and  1862  he  remodeled 
several  passenger  coaches  into  sleeping  cars,  which  contained  many  new  devices.  These 
cars  ran  on  the  Chicago  &  Alton  and  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  railroads.  From  these 
experiments  he  worked  out  detailed  plans,  with  additional  improvements,  which  he  set 
about  putting  into  execution  on  a  thorough  and  comprehensive  basis.  The  result  of 
many  months  of  hard  and  loyal  labor  was  the  car  "Pioneer,"  which  was  completed  in 
1865,  and  took  its  place  at  once  as  the  most  perfect  car  that  had  been  produced  up  to 
that  time;  and  there  has  never  been  a  time  since,  when  the  latest  Pullman  cars  were 
not  the  highest  achievement  in  vehicles  for  passenger  transportation. 

It  was  generally  thought  that  their  largely  increased  cost  would  preclude  their  ever 
coming  into  general  use;  but  Mr.  Pullman  realized  that  the  American  people  desired  the 
best  of  everything,  and  the  outcome  of  the  enterprise  demonstrated  the  accuracy  of  his 
judgment. 

This  principle  has  never  been  departed  from  by  him  and  is  the  ruling  maxim  of  the 
great  company  of  which  he  is  the  founder  and  chief  executive. 

From  modest  beginnings  in  the  early  sixties  the  Pullman  Company  has  developed  into 
one  of  the  largest  and  most  widespread  industries  in  the  world.  It  has  a  paid  up  capital 
of  $36,000,000.  It  never  "passes  a  dividend,"  and  is  conducted  on  such  strict  business 
principles  that  its  stock  is  recognized  as  a  safe  investment  for  the  funds  of  educational 
and  charitable  institutions,  and  of  women  and  of  trust  estates;  indeed,  more  than  one- 
half  of  its  stockholders  belong  to  these  classes,  and  of  this  half  more  than  three-fourths 
are  women 

For  many  years  the  shops  of  the  company  were  located  in  different  cities,  but  the 
manufacturing  business  of  the  company  developed  to  such  an  extent  that  in  1879  Mr. 


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Pullman  decided  to  build  a  plant  on  a  far  greater  scale  than  then  existed,  and  to  concen- 
trate the  principal  part  of  the  manufacturing  business  To  carry  out  this  plan,  he  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  near  Chicago,  bordering  on  Lake  Calumet,  and  about  four- 
teen miles  south  of  the  center  of  the  city.  Here  extensive  works  were  constructed  and 
fitted  with  the  latest  and  best  machinery  and  appliances,  and  with  a  producing  capacity 
of  300  sleeping  cars,  625  passenger  cars,  12,000  freight  cars  and  1,000  street  cars  per 
year.  When  the  works  are  running  to  their  full  capacity  about  5,500  men  are  employed; 
at  present  4,900  are  on  the  rolls. 

Pullman  has  been  called  a  "model  town,"  and  the  term  is  surely  not  misapplied.  In 
carrying  out  the  general  plan  every  care  has  been  taken  to  make  the  sanitary  conditions 
perfect  by  a  water  supply  and  an  extensive  and  scientific  system  of  sewerage;  the  streets  are 
paved  and  well  lighted  and  there  are  a  number  of  parks  and  open  places  properly  orna- 
mented with  trees,  shrubbery  and  flowers,  all  of  which  are  kept  in  perfect  repair  and 
cleanliness  by  the  company  at  its  own  expense.  There  are  1,750  houses  and  tenements 
built  upon  the  most  modern  plan,  with  all  conveniences.  These  are  rented  at  moderate 
and  reasonable  rates  and  are  of  sizes  to  suit  the  convenience  and  means  of  all  classes. 
There  are  some  large  apartment  buildings  in  which  flats,  ranging  from  two  to  five  rooms, 
are  rented;  -the  cheapest  of  these  apartments,  consisting  of  two  rooms,  are  let  for  $3.50 
per  month.  There  are  a  number  of  fine  churches  of  all  denominations,  a  pretty  theater, 
one  of  the  most  attractive  in  the  country,  seating  800  people;  a  savings  bank,  splendid 
public  schools,  with  nearly  one  thousand  pupils;  markets  and  stores  of  all  kinds,  con- 
ducted by  private  parties;  a  fine  public  library,  lake  water,  gas,  electric  lights,  fire  pro- 
tection and  an  excellent  drainage  system,  which  insures  the  most  healthful  conditions. 

[The  following  comment  from  a  southern  journal,  the  Atlanta  Consti- 
tution, in  its  issue  of  December  22,  1895,  may  be  appropriately  quoted 
in  this  connection.] 

"  Such  wonderful  development  as  all  this  indicates  can  better  be  understood  by 
knowing  something  of  the  personality  of  the  man  who  first  conceived  the  idea,  and  who, 
by  skill,  patience,  close  attention  to  details,  untiring  industry  and  a  rugged  character, 
from  humble  beginnings,  has  achieved  one  of  the  marvelous  successes  of  the  century. 
All  these  characteristics  and  many  others  become  apparent  from  a  close  study  of  Mr. 
Pullman's  strongly  marked  face.  Slow  to  adopt  a  policy,  he  is  slower  yet  in  abandoning 
it.  Progressive,  almost  to  a'fault,  he  is  conservative  in  his  methods  and  never  changes 
his  policy  except  after  the  most  mature  deliberation. 

"It  is  only  by  knowing  something  of  the  characteristics  of  this  remarkable  man 
that  we  can  understand  how,  during  the  memorable  strike  at  Pullman,  in  1894,  which 
involved  the  greater  portion  of  all  the  railroads  in  the  country,  he  maintained  his  posi- 
tion and  settled  the  broad  principle  that  the  owners  of  a  business  are  the  men  to  shape 
its  policy,  and  not  professional  agitators,  whose  only  real  labor  consists  in  fomenting 
trouble.  Had  a  weaker  course  been  pursued  by  the  company  many  questions  that  are 
now  settled  forever,  most  important  among  which  is  the  supremacy  of  national  law, 
would  have  still  remained  subject  to  the  assaults  of  self-created  and  irresponsible 
leaders.  The  company,  which  had  made  sacrifices  in  order  to  keep  its  shops  running  at 
a  time  when  industry  in  general  was  paralyzed,  found  itself  confronted  with  a  demand 
to  deal  with  outside  parties  who  had  no  relation  to  its  business  and  very  properly  refused 
to  allow  outside  interference  with  its  affairs.  The  immediate  sequence  was  one  of  the 
greatest  conflicts  between  the  forces  of  disorder  and  the  strong  arm  of  the  law  that  has 
occurred  during  recent  years.  The  result  is  history.  The  highest  courts  of  the  country 
have  passed  upon  the  supremacy  of  the  law  and  its  guardianship  of  property  rights,  and 


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June  i,  1895. 


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lasting  benefits  have  been  achieved,  not  alone  for  the  town  of  Pullman,  with  its  hive  of 
busy  and  contented  workers,  but  for  the  country  at  large,  workingmen  as  well  as 
employers." 

OTHER  TRANSPORTATION  COMPANIES. 

In  addition  to  the  railroads  specially  mentioned  because  of  the 
magnitude  of  the  service  they  rendered,  other  lines  furnished  transporta- 
tion in  advantageous  degrees  owing  to  their  locations  and  the  possibili- 
ties of  using  their  systems  successfully,  viz: 

The  "Cincinnati  Southern  railway"  rendered  valuable  assistance  in 
the  transportation  of  gun  carriages,  refrigerator  cars  of  flowers  and  in 
passenger  courtesies. 

The  "Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois,"  "Louisville  &  Nashville,"  "Nash- 
ville, Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis"  and  "Western  &  Atlantic"  railroads, 
the  "Southern  Railway"  and  the  "Central  Railroad  of  Georgia,"  all 
contributed  toward  the  transportation  of  the  cars  of  flowers  and  in 
passenger  favors. 

"The  Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Chicago;"  "Atlanta  &  West  Point"  and 
"Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas"  railroads  extended  every  favor  in  their  power 
and  supplied  complimentary  transportation  whenever  it  was  needed. 

The  "Chicago  &  Northwestern"  railway  proffered  to  transport  troops 
from  Fort  Sheridan,  but  the  service  was  not  required;  however,  the 
courtesy  remained  and  was  appreciated  the  same  as  if  it  had  been 
rendered. 

The  "Adams  Express  Company"  transported  the  monumental  tablet 
and  many  packages  free,  and  was  otherwise  very  attentive  so  as  to  pre- 
vent the  loss  of  flowers  through  delays,  etc. 

To  each  and  every  one  of  them,  the  fullest  meed  of  thanks  is  hereby 
publicly  expressed. 

THE  SOUTHERN  GRANITE  COMPANY. 

In  the  movement  toward  erecting  the  monument,  very  great  assist- 
ance was  received  early  from  the  Southern  Granite  Company,  because  of 
the  friendly  acquaintance  of  the  author  with  the  officers  thereof  and  the 
proximity  of  its  headquarters  to  his  residence  city.  The  company  was 
organized  in  1886  in  Cincinnati,  with  George  Moerlein,  one  of  the 
wealthiest  and  most  generous  business  men  of  that  city  as  president, 
and  J.A.  Eberhardt,  general  manager;  consequently,  it  was  natural  that 
it  should  make  a  close  figure  on  the  construction  of  the  work,  which  was 


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done  in  competition  therefor,  arid  the  largest  donation  to  the  monument 
fund  was  from  the  said  company. 

President  Moerlein  died  in  August,  1891,  and  the  company  was  reor- 
ganized with  his  widow,  Mrs.  Caroline  Moerlein,  as  president  and  Maj. 
J.  A.  Eberhardt,  vice-president  and  general  manager;  and  this  new 
organization  was  also  most  liberal  in  accepting  a  large  payment,  in  the 
face  value  of  drafts  on  sundry  subscribers  to  the  monument  fund,  without 
recourse  on  the  payer.  For  the  original  most  liberal  donation  and  the 
after  material  assistance,  through  accepting  uncollected  subscriptions,, 
the  sincerest  thanks  are  tendered. 


MRS.   CAROLINE  MOERLEIN, 
Of  Cincinnati. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

Caroline  Werner  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  July  21,  1860;  received  a  good 
education  and  married  George  Moerlein  the  wealthy  brewer.  She  is  a  most  public 
spirited  and  charitable  woman,  possessing  great  executive  and  business  ability  and  is 
thoroughly  patriotic  to  her  native  city.  She  was  appointed  by  Gov.  McKinley  one  of 
the  lady  commissioners  from  Ohio  to  the  Atlanta  exposition  in  1895.  The  state  having 
made  no  appropriation  for  expenses,  her  co-appointees  declined  to  serve;  and  Mrs. 
Moerlein  alone,  at  private  cost  of  several  thousand  dollars,  fitted  up  a  room  in  the 
Women's  building  which  she  named  "the  Cincinnati  room,"  collected  art  works  produced 
only  by  women  of  Cincinnati,  such  as  paintings,  statuary,  pottery,  etchings,  china 
paintings,  needlework,  etc.,  etc.  The  room  was  honored  by  ten  medals  and  diplomas; 
and  Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  of  Chicago,  while  at  the  Atlanta  exposition  pronounced  it  the 
most  artistic  and  finest  room  of  the  entire  exposition.  She  is  amiable,  resolute  and  gen- 
erous in  character;  and  the  handsome  engraving  on  page  246  fitly  represents  the 
lovely  woman. 


MAJ.  J.   A.   EBERHARDT, 

Of  Cincinnati. 

BIOGRAPHIC. 

John  Adolph  Eberhardt  was  born  November  8,  1844,  in  Germany.  Came  to- 
America  with  parents  when  8  years  old  and  settled  in  New  York  City.  Received  a 
college  education.  Enlisted  in  the  Federal  army  at  17  years  of  age  and  serving  with  the 
Union  army  in  Virginia,  was  successively  promoted  until  March,  1865,  when  he  was 
brevetted  major,  "for  long  and  faithful  service  and  gallant  conduct  in  the  field."  After 
the  war  he  settled  in  Cincinnati  and  is  one  of  the  "Queen  City's"  most  active  and  stanch 
business  men. 


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THE  EX-CONFEDERATE    ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO, 
CAMP   No.    8,    U.    C.    V. 

(By  an  Officer  of  the  Camp.) 

This  association  was  organized,  it  might  be  said,  at  the  grave  of  that 
great  and  illustrious  commander,  U.  S.  Grant,  for  the  first  meeting 
was  held  for  the  purpose  of  taking  part  in  the  funeral  ceremonies  held 
in  Chicago,  while  Gen.  Grant  was  being  laid  to  rest  in  the  far  east, 
August  8,  1885. 

About  fifty  ex-Confederates  assembled  and  marched  in  the  funeral 
procession,  in  a  driving  rain,  not  one  man  falling  out  of  line.  After  the 
march  was  over,  it  was  suggested  that  an  association  be  formed  for 
social  intercourse,  and  for  the  further  purpose  of  caring  for  the  graves 
of  their  old  comrades,  6,000  of  whom  lay  beneath  the  sod  at  Oakwoods 
cemetery,  and  to  ultimately  erect  a  monument  over  their  dust,  and  dedi- 
cate it  to  their  memory.  With  this  purpose  always  in  view,  they  secured 
permission  from  the  secretary  of  war  to  erect  the  monument  (the  lot 
where  their  comrades  are  buried  belonging  to  the  government). 

Then  came  the  hard  part,  the  raising  of  the  funds  with  which  to 
build  it.  After  awhile  they  succeeded  in  getting  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon 
to  come  to  Chicago  and  deliver  a  lecture,  the  proceeds  of  which  to  be 
applied  to  that  purpose.  From  this  lecture  the  munificent  sum  of  $1,500 
(including  interest)  was  realized,  owing  to  the  exertions  made  by  the 
members  of  the  association  in  selling  tickets  for  it. 

After  this,  the  association  was  merged  into  a  camp  of  United  Con- 
federate Veterans  and  is  now  known  as  Chicago  Camp  No.  8,  U.  C.  V. 

A  short  time  after  the  camp  was  formed,  it  was  ordered  by  the  gen- 
eral commanding  the  U.  C.  V.  Association  to  recommend  a  comrade  to 
be  appointed  major-general,  who  was  to  be  in  command  of  the  northern 
division.  In  accordance  with  this  order,  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  was 
selected;  and  with  the  $1,500  previously  raised  by  and  in  the  hands  of 
the  camp  as  a  nucleus,  Gen.  Underwood,  assisted  by  several  members 
of  the  camp,  raised  the  balance  of  the  funds  necessary  to  erect  the 
monument,  which  was  dedicated  May  30,  1895. 

And  so  at  last,  after  a  long  struggle,  The  ex-Confederate  Association 
of  Chicago  saw  the  noble  purpose  for  which  it  was  organized  accom- 
plished, and  the  hope  which  it  fondly  cherished  and  which  has  held  it 
together  for  so  many  long  years  fully  realized.  For  to-day  stands  above 
the  sacred  dust  of  comrades,  dedicated  to  their  memory,  one  of  the  most 
magnificent  monuments  in  our  land. 


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OFFICIAL  DOCUMENTS. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  } 

QUARTERMASTER  GENERAL'S  OFFICE.  !- 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  August  31,  1887.  \ 
Mr.  M.  R.  Scullin,  Chicago,  III.  : 

SIR — Referring  to  your  communication  of  the  iyth  instant,  requesting  permission 
on  behalf  of  The  ex-Confederate  Association  at  Chicago,  111.,  to  erect  a  memorial  to 
the  Confederate  dead,  buried  in  the  government  lot  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  near  that 
city,  I  am  directed  by  the  quartermaster-general  to  inform  you  that  the  honorable 
secretary  of  war  has  approved  the  request,  under  such  regulations  or  instructions  as 
the  quartermaster-general  may  deem  proper. 

The  papers  have  been  referred  to  Col.  J.  D.  Bingham,  assistant  quartermaster- 
general,  U.  S.  army,  chief  quartermaster,  Division  of  the  Missouri,  Chicago,  111.,  who 
will  select  the  site  if  thought  advisable.  Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)         J.   G.  CHANDLER, 
Deputy  Quartermaster-General,   U.  S.  Armv. 


HEADQUARTERS  DIVISION  OF  THE  MISSOURI, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  QUARTERMASTER, 
CHICAGO,  ILL.,  September  5,  1887. 

Mr.  M.  K    Scullin,  Assistant  Secretary,  ex-Confederate  Association  of  Chicago  : 

SIR — Your  letter  of  the   i7th  ultimo,  addressed   to  Maj.  S.  A.   Jones,  Washington 
D.  C.,  in  relation  to  a  monument  for  the  Confederate  dead  buried  at  Oakwoods,  near  this 
city,  has  been  referred  to  me. 

The  honorable  secretary  of  war  has  granted  permission  to  erect  the  memorial,  as 
requested,  under  such  instructions  as  the  quartermaster-general  may  deem  proper. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  see  you  at  Room  No.  403,  Pullman  Building,  at  11:00  o'clock  a.  m. 
on  any  day  that  may  be  convenient  to  you,  in  order  to  arrange  for  the  designation  of  a 
proper  site  for  the  monument.  Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)         J.   D.   BINGHAM, 
Assistant  Quartermaster-General,  U.  S.  Army,  Chief  Quartermaster. 


THE  EX-CONFEDERATE  ASSOCIATION   OF  CHICAGO,  \ 

"CAMP  No.  8,  UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,"  £ 
CHICAGO,  March  26,  1892.  ; 

STATEMENT: 

Net  proceeds,  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon's  lecture  for  benefit  of  monu- 
ment to  be  erected  to  the  memory  of  prisoners  of  war  who  died 

at  Camp  Douglas  . $1,414.61 

Additional  subscriptions 25 .  oo 

Interest  on  above  now  on  deposit  in  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  49-79 

Total  amount  to  credit  of  ex-Confederate  Ass'n  monument  fund    $1,489.40 

(Signed)         S.   J.   SULLIVAN, 

Treasurer . 

This  amount  was  turned  over  to  Gen.  John  C.   Underwood,  and  is  part 
of  the  $1,587.91  credited  to  receipts  in  his  detailed  account  on  page  258. 


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POWERS  AND  AUTHORITY. 

THE  Ex-CONFEDERATE  ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO,  ) 

"CAMP  No.  8,  UNITED- CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,"  > 
CHICAGO,  June  26,  1891.          ) 

Resolved,  That  Comrade  John  C.  Underwood  be  appointed  a  committee  of  one,  with 
power  to  take  any  necessary  action,  to  raise  funds  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  monu- 
ment over  the  6,000  Confederate  dead  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  Chicago. 

(Signed)         JNO.  W.  WHITE, 

ATTEST  :  President. 

(Signed)         R.  LEE  FRANCE, 

Secretary. 


HEADQUARTERS  i 

UNITED    CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,  |- 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.,  November  21,  1891.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS  No.   22. 

I.  In  order    to  properly  and  faithfully  carry  out  the  "benevolent  and  historical" 
objects  of  this  organization,  as  has  been  requested,  the  general  commanding  deems  it 
necessary  to  form  two  divisions  in  the  northern   states,  one  east  and  one  west  of  the  line 
of  the  Alleghanies,  each  to  be  officered  by  a  major-general,  who  will   be  appointed  by 
him  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Confederate  Veteran  camps  in  Chicago,  111.,  and 
in  New  York  City,  to  be  made  not  later  than  December  15,  1891. 

II.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  these  major-generals,  when  appointed,  to  organize  camps 
and  take   steps   to  care  for  and  assist  the  disabled,    indigent,  helpless   and   distressed 
-ex-Confederate  soldiers  and  sailors  in  their  respective  departments,  and   to  protect  their 
-widows  and  orphans;  also  to  have  charge  of  the  Confederate  dead  buried  at  Gettysburg, 
Fort  Warren,  Camps  Morton,  Chase,  Douglas,  Oakwoods  cemetery  at  Chicago,  Johnson's 
island,  Cairo  and  all   other  points;  to  care  for  and  have   the  graves  of  the  known  and 
unknown  dead  annually  decorated,  to  preserve  and  protect  the  headstones;  also  to  obtain 
and  compile  the  names  and  commands  of  all  the  Confederate  dead  buried  at  every  point 
in  the  north,  which  lists  this  association  will  publish  through  the  medium  of  its  camps 
all  over  the  south,  so  as  to   give  relatives  and  friends  correct   information   of  the  last 
resting  places  of  these  southern  heross,  their  and  our  beloved  dead,  thus  rescuing  their 
names  from  oblivion  and  handing  them  down  in  history. 

In   this  philanthropic  and  holy  work    the  general  commanding   and   these    head- 
quarters will  render  all  possible  aid. 

By  order  of         J.   B.   GORDON, 

General  Commanding. 
(Signed)         GEO.  MOORMAN, 

Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff . 


HEADQUARTERS          \ 
UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,  v 
NEW  ORLE\NS,  LA.,  December  19,  1891.  j 

GENERAL  ORDERS  No.  26.. 

I.  The  general  commanding  heartily  approves  the  recommendation  of  The  ex-Con- 
iederate  Association,  Chicago  Camp  No.  8,  and  John  C.  Underwood  of  Chicago,  is  hereby 
appointed  major-general  of  the  division  in  the  northern  states  west  of  the  line  of  the 
Alleghanies,  to  date  from  December  7,  1891. 


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II.  Maj-Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  will  carry  out  the  provisions  of  general  orders 
No.  22,  from  these  headquarters,  and  his  attention  is  especially  directed  to  the  "benevo- 
lent and  historical"  features  of  it.  ***** 

By  order  of         J    B.  GORDON, 

General  Commanding. 
(Signed)         GEO.   MOORMAN, 

Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEADQUARTERS  UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.,  April  13,  1892. 

Maj.-Gen    John  C.    Underwood,     Commanding   Division  of  the    Northwest,    United    Con- 
federate  Veterans,    Chicago,  III.  : 

GENERAL — You  are  hereby  directed  to  proceed  to,  and  assume  command  of,  the 
Division  East  of  the  Alleghanies  which  includes  Maryland,  Delaware  and  the  District  of 
Columbia;  also  to  the  States  of  Kentucky  and  West  Virginia,  assigned  to  your  command 
temporarily  by  order  of  Lieut. -Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith,  all  of  which  you  will  take  charge 
of  temporarily  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  camps  and  for  monumental  work. 

By  order  of        GEN.  J.  B.  GORDON. 
(Signed)         GEO.   MOORMAN, 

Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


EX-CONFEDERATE    ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO,    \ 

CAMP  No.  8,  U.   C.  V.  \ 

On  motion  of  Comrade  Forester,  duly  seconded,   it  was 

Resolved,  That  this  camp  approve  of  all  steps  taken  by  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood, 
and  that  he  has  full  liberty  and  power  to  do  all  that  he  may  think  proper  in  connection 
with  raising  funds  for  and  in  building  monument  over  our  dead  in  Oakwoods  cemetery. 

Resolved,  That  the  treasurer  of  Camp  No.  8  is  hereby  instructed  to  turn  over  to 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood, whenever  he  desires  him  to  do  so,  all  funds  now  held  by  him. 

Carried  unanimously. 

ATTEST:  (Signed)         R.   LEE  FRANCE, 

August  6,  1892.  Secretary. 

HEADQUARTERS  UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS,  \ 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  (- 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.,  December  12,  1892.  ] 

Maj.-Gen.  John  C.   Underwood,  Commanding,  Chicago,  III.: 

GENERAL — By  direction  of  the  general  commanding,  the  Division  of  the  Northwest 
at  present  commanded  by  you,  with  the  Division  East  of  the  Alleghanies  which  includes 
the  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland,  and  Delaware,  are  formed  into  a  provisional  depart- 
ment under  your  command,  to  which,  with  consent  of  Lieut. -Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith,  com- 
manding Department  East  of  the  Mississippi,  the  States  of  Kentucky  and  West  Virginia 
are  also  temporarily  assigned. 

Maj.-Gen.  Underwood  is  hereby  fully  authorized  to  appoint  his  staff  commensurate 
with  his  command,  and  is  urged  to  push  the  formation  of  camps  monumental  and 
benevolent  work  in  the  territory  named  in  this  order. 

By  command  of         GEN.  J.  B.  GORDON, 

Commanding  U.  C.   V. 
(Signed)         GEO.  MOORMAN, 

Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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UNITED  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS, 
TEMPORARY  OFFICE  OF  THE  COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  February  16,  1893. 
SPECIAL  INSTRUCTIONS. 

I.  Maj.-Gen.   John   C.  Underwood,   commanding  the  Provisional   Department  of 
the  North,  embracing  all  the  northern  states  from  ocean  to  ocean  and  the  States  of 
Kentucky,  West  Virginia,  Maryland  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  is  hereby  instructed 
to  merge  organized  bodies  of  ex-Confederates  existing  within  the  limits  of  his  department, 
under  the  general  organization  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans,  without  disturbing 
their  rules  for  local  self-government. 

II.  He  will  transmit  to   the  adjutant-general  the  rosters  of  memberships  as  they 
are   furnished   him,    together  with  the   applications    for  memberships  by  the   various 
bodies  in  the  United   Confederate  Veterans,  properly  signed  by  the  commanding  officers 
of  such  bodies,  and  charter  fee  of  two  (2)  dollars  in  each  case. 

III.  In  the. formation  of  new  camps  in  the  northern  and  border  southern  states  he 
will  exercise  discretion  in  each  particular  premise,  form  brigades,  divisions  and  appoint 
commanders  therefor. 

Official:  (Signed)         J.  B.  GORDON, 

(Signed)         JOS.   WHEELER,  General  Commanding, 

Commissary-General,  Acting  Aid-de-Camp. 


EX-CONFEDERATE    ASSOCIATION    OF    CHICAGO,    ) 

CAMP  No  8,  U.  C.  V.  \ 

At  a  meeting  held  May  20,  1893,  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  was  authorized  to  collect 
a  fund  to  be  applied  to  contingent  expenses  connected  with  unveiling  of  our  monument. 

(Signed)         R.  LEE  FRANCE, 
CHICAGO,  May  22,  1893.  Secretary.     (Seal.) 

Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  having  been  placed  in  charge  in  1891, 
accepted  the  authority  to  erect  a  monument,  obtained  by  the  ex-Con- 
federate Association,  ratified  by  orders  from  the  Commander,  U.  C.  V., 
had  the  following  pertinent  communications  with  government  officials: 

HEADQUARTERS  DIVISION  OF  THE  MISSOURI, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  QUARTERMASTER, 

CHICAGO,  ILL.,  May  9,  1893. 
Gen.  John  C.   Underwood,  Chicago,  III. : 

DEAR  SIR — In  reply  to  your  verbal  inquiry  of  yesterday,  I  have  the  honor  to  furnish 
you  with  the  following  copy  of  an  extract  from  the  instructions  of  the  quartermaster- 
general,  dated  August  29,  1892,  viz.: 

"There  is  however,  no  objection  to  his  (Gen.  Underwood)  improving  the  lot  in 
Oakwoods  cemetery  as  requested,  provided  that  no  part  of  the  expense  therefor,  be  made 
a  charge  against  the  United  States,  and  that  the  plans  for  the  repair  and  improvements 
proposed,  be  first  submitted  to,  and  approved  by  the  chief  quartermaster,  Department 
of  the  Missouri,  Chicago,  111.,  who  has  charge  of  the  soldiers'  lot  in  the  cemetery  named, 
as  has  been  done  in  similar  cases." 

The  thinning  out  of  the  trees,  cleaning  off  and  beautifying  the  ground  in  which  the 
Confederate  dead  are  buried,  and  constructing  the  monument  upon  the  site  selected  for 
the  purpose  at  the  center  of  the  lot,  are  approved. 

Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)         J.  D.  BINGHAM, 
Assistant  Quartermaster-General,   United  States  Army,  Chief  Quartermaster. 


[PUBLIC — NO.   29.] 

An  Act  to  authorize  the  secretary  of  war  to  issue  four  condemned  iron  guns  and  projectiles  to  the 
officer  in  charge  of  the  government  lot  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  near  Chicago,  111. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  secretary  of  war  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
four  condemned  iron  guns  and  projectiles  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  government  lot 
in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  near  Chicago,  111.,  in  which  are  buried  both  Union  and  Confed- 
erate dead;  and  that  he  be  authorized  to  expend  them  in  ornamenting  said  lot. 

Approved,  January  25,  1895. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  ORDNANCE,  ) 

UNITED  STATES  ARMY, 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  February  18,  1895    ) 

Gen.  yohn  C.  Underwood,  U.  C    V.,  Etc.: 

SIR — I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  nth  inst., 
enclosing  a  copy  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  January  25,  1895,  authorizing  the 
secretary  of  war  to  issue  four  condemned  iron  guns  and  projectiles  to  the  officer  in 
charge  of  the  Government  lot  in  Oakwood  cemetery  near  Chicago,  111.,  in  which  are 
buried  both  Union  and  Confederate  dead,  and  requesting  that  in  selecting  the  cannon 
therein  referred  to  that  four  guns  having  a  battle  record,  and  captured  from  the 
Confederate  States  be  issued,  together  with  a  supply  of  projectiles  of  like  caliber 
sufficient  to  make  four  piles,  and  sufficient  twelve-pounder  projectiles  to  make  a  pile  on 
each  side  of  the  principal  entrance  to  said  burial  lot,  be  furnished  under  the  provisions 
of  the  above  cited  act,  and,  in  reply,  to  inform  you  that  the  following  have  this  day 
been  ordered  issued  to  Col.  M.  I.  Luddington,  quartermaster's  department,  United 
States  army,  Chicago,  111.,  the  officer  in  charge  of  said  burial  lot,  viz: 
FROM  FRANKFORD  ARSENAL: 

Four  three-inch  rifles. 
FROM  ROCK  ISLAND  ARSENAL: 

760  three-inch  shell,  for  the  construction  of  four  piles,  and  728  twelve-pounder 
solid  shot,  for  the  construction  of  two  piles,  one  on  each  side  of  the  entrance  to 
said  lot. 

I  also  enclose  duplicate  blue  prints  showing  plan  and  elevation  of  the  several  piles 
of  projectiles.  These  drawings  will  enable  you  to  prepare  the  stone  bases  for  the  piles. 

Respectfully, 
(Signed)         D.  W.  FLAGLER, 

Brigadier-General,  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

[Letter  of  February  25,  1895.] 
Gen.   "John  C.  Underwood,  U.  C.   V. ,  Etc.   ' 

SIR — In  reply  to  yours  of  the  22d  inst.,  I  take  pleasure  in  stating  that  I  have  to-day 
ordered  the  316  eight-inch  shell  and  four  ten-inch  shot  to  be  shipped  to  Chicago  for  you 
from  the  Allegheny  arsenal,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  The  returns  show  no  ten-inch  solid  shot  on 
hand,  but  it  is  possible  as  many  as  four  of  them  may  be  found.  If  so,  they  will  be  sent. 


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If  not,  the  ten-inch  shell  will  be  sent.     I  think  from  our  conversation  that  you  can  use 
the  latter  by  placing  the  fuse  hole  down. 

I  hope  to  find  time  to-morrow  to  send  you  the  information  you  request  in  regard  to 
the  manner  in  which  I  fitted  up  the  Confederate  cemetery  at  Rock  Island  arsenal. 

Respectfully, 

(Signed)         D.  W.  FLAGLER, 
Brigadier-General,  Chief  of  Ordnance. 


HEADQUARTERS  DIVISION  OF  THE  MISSOURI, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  QUARTERMASTER, 
CHICAGO,  ILL.,  May  18,  1895. 

Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Commanding  Northern  Department  U.  C  V. : 

DEAR  SIR — Referring  to  the  matter  of  a  tablet  which  you  desire  to  erect  in  the 
government  lot  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  the  quartermaster-general  of  the  army  informs 
me  that  he  sees  no  objection  in  the  enclosed  paper,  and  you  are  authorized  to  cause  such 
tablet  to  be -placed  there.  Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)         M.  I.  LUDINGTON, 
Assistant  Quartermaster-General,   United  States  Armv,  Chief  Quartermaster. 

ENCLOSURE: 

The  Confederate  dead  here  buried  in  concentric  trenches  were  all  private  soldiers. 

The  monument  to  their  memory  is  of  Georgia  granite,  stands  forty  feet  from  the 
ground  to  top  of  statue -and  was  erected  in  July,  1893,  with  funds  mainly  subscribed  by 
liberal  citizens  of  Chicago  and  camps  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans. 

The  bronze  panels  of  the  pedestal  "die,"  represent:  On  the  east  face,  "THE  CALL 
TO  ARMS;''  on  the  west  face,  "A  VETERAN'S  RETURN  HOME;"  and  on  the  south  face, 
"A  SOLDIER'S  DEATH  DREAM." 

The  bronze  statue  surmounting  the  battlemented  capital  of  the  column  is  a  realistic 
representation  of  a  Confederate  infantry  soldier  after  the  surrender.  The  face  expresses 
sorrow  for  the  thousands  of  prison  dead  interred  beneath. 

The  cannon,  shot  and  shell  ornamenting  this  government  lot,  in  which  both  Union 
and  Confederate  dead  are  buried,  were  furnished  by  the  war  department  under 
authority  of  an  Act  of  Congress  approved  January  25,  1895. 

[Letter  of  August  5,  1895.] 
Gen.  John  C.   Underwood,  Commanding  United  Confederate  Veterans,  Chicago,  111.  : 

GENERAL — The  quartermaster-general  of  the  army,  in  letter  dated  August  i, 
1895,  informs  me  that  authority  is  granted  for  you  to  have  erected,  without  cost  to  the 
United  States,  a  suitable  flag-staff,  on  the  government  lot  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  in  this 
city,  with  a  view  of  occasionally  flying  the  national  colors  over  the  graves  of  the  Camp 
Douglar  prison  dead  interred  therein  as  recommended  by  me. 
Reference  is  had  to  your  letter  dated  June  14,  1895. 

Very  respectfully, 
(Signed)         M.  I.  LUDINGTON, 
Assistant  Quartermaster-General,  United  States  Army,  Chief  Quartermaster. 


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JOHN  C.   UNDERWOOD,   M.   G.,  U.  C.   V.   IN  OFFICIAL 
ACCOUNT  WITH  HIMSELF 

AS  OFFICER  IN  CHARGE  AND  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE   OF  ONE  TO  RAISE  FUNDS, 

ERECT  AND  DEDICATE  A  MONUMENT  OVER  THE  CONFEDERATE 

DEAD  IN  OAKWOODS  CEMETERY,  CHICAGO,  ETC. 

DETAIL   OF    CASH,  SERVICE   AND    MATERIAL   DONATED,  AND   THE 
DISPOSITION  THEREOF. 


RECEIPTS. 
To  DR. 

Cash  from  the  ex-Confederate  Association,  Camp  No.  8,  U.C.  V  , 
Chicago  (the  net  proceeds  of  Gen.  Gordon's  lecture,  with 

interest),   etc $1,587.91 

Cash  credit  from  the  Southern  Granite  Company,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio,  account  of  contract  award  to  build  monument.  2,000 .  oo 

Cash  from  A.  O.  Slaughter,  Chicago 1,500.00 

"     Potter  Palmer  and  wife,  Chicago 500.00 

"     Armour  &  Co.,  per  P.  D.  A.,  Chicago 350.00 

"     H.  N.  Higinbotham,  Chicago 200.00 

"     Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  Chicago 200.00 

"        "     C.  F.  Gunther,  Chicago 200.00 

"        "     The  Chicago  City  R'y,  per  G.  H.  Wheeler,  President  200.00 

"     W.  A.  Alexander,  Chicago 125.00 

'     Chas.  L.  Hutchinson,  Chicago 100 .  oo 

"     Samuel  Baker,  Chicago 100 .  oo 

"     Lambert  Tree,  Chicago 100.00 

"        "     Chas.  T.  Yerkes,  Chicago 100.00 

"        "     The   Southern   Society  of   Chicago,   per  J.  C.   U., 

President 85 . 22 

Cash  from  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co. ,  Chicago 25 .  oo 

Cash  through  Col.  Samuel  J.  Sullivan,  Department  Staff: 

From  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.,  Chicago $100.00 

"      W.  F.  McLaughlin,  Chicago 100.00 

"      W.  H.  Colvin,  Chicago 100.00 

"      L.  C.  Malley,  Chicago 50 .  oo 

"      W.  M.  Hoyt  Company,  Chicago 50.00 

"      L.  J-  McCormick,  Chicago 50.00 

Walter  T.  Chandler,  Chicago ....  50.00 

' '      Theo.  Noel,  Chicago 50 .  oo 

"      D.  B.  Scully,  Chicago 25.00 

"       H.  N.  May,  Chicago 25.00 

"       N.  Martin  &  Co.,  Chicago 25.00 


Carried  forward $625 .  oo       $7, 373 . 1 3 


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Brought  forward. $625 .00       $7, 373 . 1 3 

From  Merriam,  Collins  &  Co.,  Chicago 25  oo 

"       McNeill  &  Higgins  Company,  Chicago 25.00 

John  A.  Tolman  Company,  Chicago 25.00 

Sundry  other  sources 11.00             711.00 

Cash  through  Col.  R.  H.  Stewart,  Department  Staff: 

From  R.  H.  Stewart,  Chicago 100.00 

T.  B.  Blackstone,  President  C.  &  A.  R   R.,  Chicago  100.00 

"      J.  J.  McCarthy,  Chicago 25.00 

Frank  Remien,  Chicago 15.00 

Mrs.  John  H.  Bass.  Fort  Wayne,  Ind 50.00 

Sherman,  Williams  &  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 25.00 

"      Sundry  other  sources 30.00             345.00 

Cash  from  percentage,  account  sale  of  refreshment  privilege. .  46.50 
Cash  through  John  S    Hannah,  Chicago: 

From  Lamson  Bros.  &  Co  ,  Chicago 50 . oo 

"      Carrington,  Hannah  &  Co.,  Chicago 50.00 

1 '  •     Henry  Botsford,  Chicago 25 .  oo 

"      Chas.  Counselman,  Chicago 25.00             150.00 

Cash  through  Gen.  C    S.  Bentley: 

From  The  Fairbank  Canning  Company,  Chicago 25.00 

"      Schwartz,   Dupee  &  Co.,  Chicago 25.00               50.00 

Cash  through  sundry  northern  sources: 

From  Lieut. -Col.  Geo.  Forrester,  Division  Staff,  various 

Chicago  contributions 11.00 

From  Lieut. -Col.  R.  L.  France,  Division  Staff,  contribu- 
tion of  H.  W.  Finch,  Chicago 10.00 

From  Gen.  John  C   Black,  account  contribution  of  Gen. 

Lewis  B.  Parsons,  Flora,  111 10.00 

Cash  from  Dennis  Minogue,  Chicago 6.00 

"'         "     T.  B.  Stringfield,  Sheldon,  Iowa i.oo 

"     Mr   Sabin,  Chicago,  per  Miss  Lucy  Lee  Hill  ...    .  i.oo               39-oo 
Cash  through  U.  C.  V.  and  other  southern  sources: 

From  Camp  Gen.  LeRoy  Stafford.  No.  3,  Shreveport,  La.  10.00 

"         "      N.  B.  Forrest,  No.  4,  Chattanooga,  Tenn...  10.00 

Fred  Ault,  No.  5,  Knoxville,  Tenn 10.00 

"      Veteran  Confederate  States  Cavalry,  No   9, 

New  Orleans,  La 25 .  oo 

From  Camp  Ward   Confederate     Veteran     Association, 

No.  10,  Pensacola,  Fla 85 .  oo 

From  Camp  Baton  Rouge,  No.  17,  Baton  Rouge,  La   ...  15.00 
"         "      Ben    Humphreys  No.    19,   Crystal    Springs, 

Miss 75  •  oo 

From  Camp  Robert  A.  Smith,  No  24,  Jackson,  Miss 10.00 

""         "      Walthall,  No.  25,  Meridian,  Miss 10.00 

From  Camp  Confederate    Historical  Association  No.  28, 

Memphis,  Tenn 25 .  oo 

Carried  forward " $275  •  oo        $8,714 . 63 


260 


Brought  forward $275 .  oo       $8,714 . 63 

From  Camp  Vicksburg,  No.  32,  Vicksburg,  Miss 25 .  oo 

"         "      Maj.    Victor    Maurin,    No.    38,    Donaldson- 

ville,   La 25.00 

From  Camp  Stonewall  Jackson,  No.  42,  McKenzie  Tenn.  10.00 

"          "      John  C.  Upton,  No.  43,  Huntsville,  Texas..  55-°o 

"      Felix  K  Zollicoffer,  No.  46,  Knoxville.Tenn.  5.00 

Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  No.  48,  Tyler, Texas  10.00 

"      Montgomery,  No.  52,  Rosedale,  Miss 10.00 

Dibrell,  No.  55,  Lewisburg,  Tenn 10  oo 

R.  E.  Lee,  No.  58,   Jacksonville,  Fla ,  25.00 

Rockwall,  No   74,  Rockwall,  Texas 5.00 

"      Forbes,   No.  77,  Clarksville,  Tenn 10.00 

"      Pat  Cleburne,  No   88,  Cleburne,  Texas    ...  15.00 

"      Nassau,  No.  104,  Fernandina,  Fla 10.00 

Magruder,  No.  105,  Galveston,  Texas 35-QO 

"          "      John  H    Morgan,  No.  107,  Ardmore,  I.  T. .  10.00 
"      Shackleford-Fulton,    No     114,   Fayetteville, 

Tenn 10.00 

From  Camp  Bell  County  ex-Confederate  Association,  No. 

122.  Belton,  Texas 10.00 

From  Camp  John  W.  Caldwell,  No.  139,  Russellville,  Ky.  10.00 

Gen.  Joseph  Finnegan,  No.  149,  Sanford, Fla.  10.00 

"      Sul  Ross,  No.  164,  Bonham,  Texas 50.00 

"         "      Washington     City    Confederate,     No.      171, 

Washington,  D.  C 20 .  oo 

From  Camp  E.  Kirby-Smith,  No.  175,  St.  Augustine,  Fla.  10.00 

Winchester  Hall,  No.  178,  Berwick,  La....  5.00 

'•          "      R.  E.  Lee,  No.  181,   Richmond,  Va 

(per  Lieut. -Col.  R  L.  France  $10) 35 .00 

From  Camp  Roger  W.  Hanson,  No.  186, Winchester,  Ky.  5.00 
"          "      Cabell,  No.  202,  Alma,  Ark.  (per  Miss  F.  M. 

Scott) 5 .  oo 

From  Camp  John    Wallace,    No.  209,  Van    Buren,   Ark. 

(per  Miss  F.  M.   Scott) 10.00 

From  Camp  Jeff.   Davis,  No.   213,   Conway,  Ark 10.00 

"          "      McMillan,  No.   217,  Chipley,  Fla 10.00 

Pat  Cleburne,   No.   222,  Waco,  Texas 25.00 

Sumter,   No.   250,  Charleston,   S.  C 25.00 

"          "      Cape  Fear,   No.  254,  Wilmington,  N.  C....  5.00 

Elmore  County,  No.  255,  Wetumpka,   Ala..  5.00 

"          "      Jos.  E.  Johnston,  No.  267,  Greenville,  Texas  5-oo 

A.  P.  Hill,   No.  269,  Texarkana,  Texas 5.00 

"          "      Emma  Sansom,  No.  275,  Gadsden,  Ala   ...  10.00 

"         "      I.  W.  Garrett,   No.  277,  Marion,  Ala 10.00 

Wm.  Hart,  No    286,  Alvin,  Texas 5.00 

"          "      Gracie,   No.  291,  Verbena,  Ala 10.00 

Carried  forward $840 .  oo        $8: 714  . 63 


26 1 


Brought  forward $840.00        $8,714.63 

Prom  Camp  R.  C.  Pulliam,  No.  297,  Greenville,  S.  C.  .  .  10.00 

Jefferson  Lamar,  No.  305,  Covington,  Ga...'  10.00 

"      Ruffin,  No.  320,  Troy,  Ala 10.00 

T.  J    Bullock,  No.  331,  Lovvndesboro,  Ala..  10.00 

Dick  Anderson,  No   334,  Sumter,  S.  C 10.00 

"      James  D.  Nance,    No.  336,   Newberry,  S.  C.  10.00 
"      Omer  R.  Weaver,  No.  354,  Little  Rock,  Ark 
(from    individual    members,  per    Miss. 

F.M.Scott) 26.00 

From  Camp  Egbert  J.  Jones,  No.  357,   Huntsville,  Ala..  25.00 

"         "      Pat  Cleburne,  No.  363,   Paradise,   Texas...  5.00 

J.  E.  Johnston,  No.  377,  Grand  View,  Texas  5.00 
"         "      John   Bowie   Strange,    No.  464,   Charlottes- 

ville,    Va 25.00 

From  Camp  Page  Pullen,  No.  512,  Glouchester  C.  H.,Va.  5-oc 

"      J.  F.  Hill,  No.  ,   Clarksville,  Ark 10.00 

"      Leonidas  Polk,  No    ,  Columbus,  Tenn..  10.00 

"     Twentieth  Tenn.  Infantry,  J.  W.  White,  Sec'y....  16.00 

"     Ark.  Congl.  Delegation  (per  Miss  F.  M.  Scott).  ...  10.00 

' '     Third  Missouri    Battery 5 .  oo 

"     Third  North  Carolina  Infantry  Association 5.00 

"     Confederate  Veteran  Association  of  Kentucky 25  oo 

Cash  through  Miss  Fannie  M.  Scott,  Van  Buren,  Ark.: 

From  T.  H    Simms,   Van  Buren,   Ark $15.00 

"     various  sources,  amounts  aggregating  9.00 

"     C.  T.  McKinney,  Ozark,  Ark 5.00 

"     J.  M.  Lucy,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 2.00 

"     Cols.   Patridge  and  Gunter,  Ark 2.00 

"     Geo.  Vaughan,  Arkansas i  50 

"     Mrs.  C.  R.  Breckenridge,  Arkansas..                  i  oo  35-50 
Cash  from  Lieut.  John  Cussons,  Va.,  at  Confed- 
erate Con.,  Birmingham,  Ala 25.00 

Cash  from  Gen.  W   A.  Chipley,   Pensacola,  Fla 25  .00 

"     Senator  Pasco,  Ocala,  Fla 20 .  oo 

"     Mrs.  J.  ].  Dickinson,  Ocala,   Fla .  20.00 

"     J.  E.   Moseley,   Alton,  Mo 15.00 

Hon.  D.  J.  Fox,  Mayor,  Birmingham,  Ala 10.00 

"         "     Mrs.    S.   E.  Brewer,  Tenn.,  at  Confederate  Con  , 

Birmingham,  Ala.  (per  Col.  S.  A.  Cunningham)  10.00 
Cash  from  Miss   Amanda  C.     Childress,    New    Orleans,    La. 

(receipted   bill) 10 .  oo 

Cash  from  Dr.  A.  S.  J.  Stovall,   Elberton,  Ga 8.00 

"     A.  T    Goodloe  (sundry  subs.),  Chapel  Hill,  Tenn..  6.00 

"         "     Net  from  six  subs,  per  Robt.  Bean, Forestburgh, Tex.  5-92 

•Cash  from  C.  W.  Frazer,   Memphis,  Tenn 5.00 

Carried  forward. $1,267.42        $8,714.63 


262 

Brought  forward $1,267.42        $8,714.63 

Cash  from  S.  D.  Van  Pelt  and  Capt.  Alex.  Tribble,  collections 

from  drop  box  at  P.  O. ,  Danville,  Ky 5  •  °° 

Cash  from  J.  W.  Barr,  Winchester,  Va 5.00 

"         "     Misses  A.  and  M.  Lubbock,  Texas,  at  Confederate 

Con.,  Birmingham,   Ala 5.00 

Cash  from  Miss  Anna   Maul,  Ala.,  at  Confederate  Con  ,  Bir- 
mingham,  Ala 5 .  oo 

Cash  from  Gen.   A.   T.   Watts,    Texas,   at    Confederate  Con., 

Birmingham,   Ala 5 .  oo 

Cash  from  Col.   Jno.  P.  Hickman,   Nashville,  Tenn 3-oo 

"     W.  W.  Pate,  Kingston,   Texas 2.00 

"     Capt.   F.  M.  Colston,    Baltimore,    Md.   (per  R.   L. 

France)  2 .  oo 

Cash  from  Judge  W.  L.  Dulaney,  Bowling  Green,  Ky i  .00 

"         "     Lamar  Fontaine,  at  Confd.  Con.,  Birmingham,  Ala  i.oo 

"        "     Old  Soldier,           "         "         "  i.oo       $1,302.42 
Cash  credit  through  sale  of  subscriptions  without  recourse: 

Draft  on  Camp  Gen.  Leroy  Stafford,  No.3,Shrevep't,  La.  10.00 

"       "       "      Raphael Semmes,  No.  n,  Mobile,  Ala...  50.00 

"       "        "      Turney,  No.    12,  Winchester,  Tenn 10.00 

".      "      Ben  Humphreys,  No.  19,  Crystal  Springs, 

Miss 10 .  oo 

Draft  on  Camp  Sterling  Price,  No,  31,  Dallas,  Texas  . . .  50.00 

Frank  Cheatham,  No.  35,  Nashv'le,  Tenn  25.00 

"       "       "      John  Ingram,  No  37,  Jackson,   Tenn....  10.00 

"       "        "      Barnard  E.  Bee,  No.  84,  Aiken,  S.  C. . . .  10.00 

Mildred  Lee,  No.  90,  Sherman,  Texas...  25.00 

Jno.  B.  Hood,  No.  103,  Austin,  Texas...  10.00 

"        "      Winnie  Davis,  No.  io8,Waxahatchie,  Tex  10.00 

Col.  Dud  Jones,  No    121,  Mt.  Pleasant  "  10.00 

Bowl'g  Green,  No.  143,  Bowl'g  Green,  Ky  10.00 

"       "       "      Lomax,   No.   151,  Montgomery,  Ala 25.00 

Bessemer,  No.  157,  Bessemer,  Ala 5.00 

R.  E.  Lee,  No.  158,  Fort  Worth,  Texas..  25.00 

"      "       "      Fulton  Co.,  Ga.,  No.  159,  Atlanta,  Ga..  150.00 

"       "       "      Hill  County,  No.  166,  Hillsboro,  Texas..  10.00 

"       "        "      John  R.  Cooke,  No.  184,  West  Point,  Va  10.00 

"       "       "      Dick   Dowling,  No.  197,  Houston,  Texas.  50.00 

"       "       "      Franklin  K.  Beck,  No.  224,  Camden,  Ala.  10.00 

"       "       "      W.  A.  Percy,  No   239,  Greenville,   Miss.  35 .00 

"       "        "      Chas   M.  Shelley,  No.  246,  Talladega, Ala  10.00 

"       "       "      ElmoreCo.,   No.  255,  Wetumpka,  Ala...  5.00 

"       "       "      Pelham,  No.   258,  Anniston,  Ala 10.00 

"       "       "       Lee  County,  No.  261,  Opelika,  Ala 10.00 


Carried  forward. $    595-QO      $10,017.05 


263 


Brought  forward $595 .00     $10,017 .05 

Draft  on  Camp  Lake  Co. ,  Confederate  Veterans'  Associa- 
tion, No.  279,  Umatilla,  Fla 10.00 

Draft  on  Camp  E.  A.  O'Neill,  No.  298,  Florence,  Ala 10.00 

"       "        "       Tom  Hendman,  No    318,  Newport,  Ark.  10.00 

"       "       "       Walker,  No   335,  Spartanburg,  S.  C....  10.00 

"       "       "      John  James,  No.  350,  St.  Stephens,  Ala. ..  10.00 

"       "       "      Abner  Perrin,No.367,Edgefield  C.H..S.C  10.00 
"       "       "      R.  H.  G.  Gaines,  No.  370,  Lower  Peach 

Tree,  Ala 10.00 

Draft  on  Camp  Thos.  H.  Hobbs,  No.  400,  Athens,  Ala. .  10.00 

"       "       "      Lee,  No.  401,  Alexander  City,  Ala 10.00 

"       "       "      J.  B.  Kershaw,  No.  413,  Cheraw,  S.  C. . .  10.00 

"       "    *'**      Secession,  No.  416,  Abbeville,  S.  C 10.00 

"      Tom  Coleman,  No.  429,  Union  town,  Ala.  10.00 

"       "       "      N.  B.  Forrest,  No.  430,  Scottsboro,  Ala.  5.00 

"       "       "      D.  Wyatt  Aiken,  No  432, Greenwood, S.C.  10.00 

"       R.  G.  Prewitt,  No.  439,  Chester,  Miss.  .  .  5.00 

"      Manning   Austin,  No.  454,  Simpsonville, 

S.  C 5.00 

Draft  on  Camp  John  C.  Brown,  No.  468,  El  Paso,  Texas  25.00 

"      McDaniel,  No.  487,  Carroll  ton,  Ga 5-oo 

"      Emanuel  Finley,  No.  498,  Calera,  Ala  ..  5.00 

"       "       "      J.  Ed   Murray,  No.  510,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.  10  oo 

Benning,  No.  511,  Columbus,  Ga 10.00 

"       "       "      Standwiddie,  No.  514,  Indian  Territory.  10.00 
"       "      Clayton,   Sons  of  Veterans  of    Birming- 
ham,   Ala 25 .  oo 

Draft   on  Camp  Sons  of  Veterans  of  Union  town,   Ala.  5.00 

"  Lieut.-Gen.  W.  L.  Cabell,  Dallas,  Texas 10.00 

"  Confederate  Veteran  Association 20.00 

"  State  Division,  U.  C.  V.,  Texas 100.00 

"  State  of  North  Carolina,  U.  V.  C 100.00 

"       "  Surviving  Members  Fourth  Alabama  Regiment  25.00          1,090.00 
Cash   paid   and  exchange  value  of  obligations   assumed   and 

donated  by  John  C.  Underwood,  to  balance 504.21 

Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $11,611.26 


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DISBURSEMENTS. 
BY  CR. 

Amounts  paid  the  Southern  Granite  Company: 

Said  Company's  subscription  to  monument $2,000.00 

Amount  expended  advertising  in  ths  south 21 . 45 

Amount  in  hand  paid $    200 .  oo 

Amount  in  hand  paid 200.00 

Amount  in  hand  paid 100.00 

Amount  in  hand  paid 3,000.00 

Amount  in  hand  paid 500.00 

Amount  in  hand  paid 1,000.00 

Amount  in  hand  paid 400 .  oo 

Amount  in  hand  paid 150.00  5,550.00 

Amount  paid  Geo.  O.  Clinch,  on  order 440.21 

Amount  credited  by  transfer  of  sundry  subscriptions 
of  U.  C.  V.  Camps,  etc.,  covering  errors  (if  any) 
and  without  recourse 1,090.00 

Amount  cash  and  exchange  paid  by  J.  C.  U.  per- 
sonally ($256. 08  and  $200.00) 466.08  $9, 567. 74 

Amounts  variously  paid,  viz: 

Chattanooga  Car  and  Foundry  Company 150.00 

Cohen  &  Co  ,  printers 292 . 50 

Office  expenses 90 . 25 

Stationery 95-85 

Postage  1892-4 ...       2 19 . 76 

Telegrams  during  back  years 17 . 45 

Expressage     "  "          "      19 .78 

Stenographic  services  1892-4 141 .30 

Four  years'  traveling  expenses  promoting  movement.       563.77 

Sundries,  remodeling,  boxing  and  handling  statue, 
etc.,  painting  ordnance,  special  assistants,  lobby- 
ing and  various  small  incidentals 442 . 86 

Miss  A.  C.  Childress  (receipted  bill),   credit  balance         10.00          2,043.52     $11,611.26- 


Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $11,611.26 

Wa  have  examined  the  above  accounts  of  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  and   find   them 
correct,  and  approve  of  the  disbursements  made  by  him. 

(  R.   LEE  FRANCE, 
(Signed)      -   R.   H.    STEWART, 

/  SAMUEL  J.  SULLIVAN. 
Finance  Committee  of  Camp  No.  8,   U.  C.   V. 

CHICAGO,  April   19    1894,  and  October  26,  1895. 


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RECEIPTS    AND    DISBURSEMENTS    OF    FUND    RAISED    BY 
CHICAGO  CITIZENS'    COMMITTEE. 


RECEIPTS. 


DR. 


Cash  from  Ferdinand  W.  Peck  .........................  $100.00 

"  "  Henry  L.  Turner  .....    .................  100.00 

"  "  Alexander  H.  Rsvell  .......................  100.00 

R.  L.  Henry  .............................  100.00 

"  "  H.  G.    Self  ridge  .........................  100.00 

"  "  -W.  D.  Kerfoot  ............................  100.00 

"  "  J.J.Mitchell  ..............................  100.00 

C.  L.   Hutchinson  ..........................  100  .  oo 

"  "  John   R.  Walsh  ............................  100  .  oo 

"  -  "  Geo.  Schneider  .............................  100  .  oo 

"  "  L.  Z.   Leiter  ...............................  100.00 

"  "  C.  A.   Chapman  ............    .....    .........  100.00 

"  "  E.  F.  Lawrence  ............................  100  .  oo 

"  "  Chas.  Counselman  ..........................  100.00 

"  "  R.  A.  Waller  ........................  .  .....  100.00 

"  "  J.   C.  Black  .............................  100.00 

"  "  Armour  &  Co  ..............................  100.00 

"  "  Willoughby  ,  Hill  &  Co  .....................  100  .  oo 

"  "  G.  B.  Shaw  ................................  100.00 

"  "  N.  W.  Harris  ..............................  100.00 

"  "  Martin  A.  Ryerson  .........................  100  .  oo 

"  "  A.  C.  Bartlett  ..............................  100.00 

"  "  Otto  Young  ................................  100.00 

"  "  A.  M.  Rothschild  ...........................  100  oo 

C.J.Blair  .................................  100.00 

"  "  C.  W.  Corwith  .............................  100  .  oo 

"  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co  ...................  100  .  oo 

"  "  M.  McLeich  ...............................  100  oo 

"  "  H.  H.  Porter  ..............................  100  .  oo 

"  "  C.  H.  McCormick  ..........................  100.00 

"  "  H.   H.  Kohlsaat  ............................  100.00 

"  "  John  Dupee  ...............................  100  .  oo 

"  "  Lyman  J.  Gage  ........................  •  •••  50.00 

"  "  C.   F.  Gunther  .............................  50.00 

"  "  Francis  Beidler  ......  ,  .....................  50.00 

"  "  Washington   Hesing  ........................  50  .  oo 

"  "  Seigel,  Cooper  &  Co  ........................  50.00 

"  "  Geo.  F.  Kimball  Company  ..................  50  .  oo 

"  "  Wm.  H.  Harper  .....  ......................  50.00 

Carried  forward.  .............  ...........  $3,  550  .  oo 


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Brought  forward $3, 550 .  oo 

Cash  from  N.  B.  Ream 50.00 

"        "      F.  S.  Winston 50.00 

"        "      Rand,  McNally  &  Co 50 .  oo 

"        "      W.  T.  Baker 50 .  oo 

F.  C.  Josclyn 50.00 

"        "      F.  J.   Kennett 50.00 

"        "      L.  D.   Kneeland 50 .  oo 

"      W.   J.  Wilson 50.00 

''        "      Owen  F.  Aldis 50.00 

Joy  Morton    50 .  oo 

"      C.  T.  Trego 50 . oo 

"       "      D.  H.  Burn  ham 50.00 

"      E.  L.  Lobdell 50.00 

"      J.  Harley  Bradley 50.00 

"       M.  D.  Wells 50.00 

"       "      P.  J.  Sexton 25.00 

"      Adolph  Nathan 25 .  oo 

"        "      W.  B.  Judson 25.00 

"       "      Geo.  E.  Marshall 25.00 

"        "      C.  P.   Kimball  Company 25 .00 

"        "      E    S.  Lacey 25 .  oo 

E.  H.  Ream 25.00 

"        "      Byron  L.  Smith 25.00 

"        "      M.  L.  C.  Funkhouser 25.00 

"        "      E.  H.   Pearson 25 . oo 

"      F.  H.  Dummer 25.00 

"       A.  C.  Soper 25.00 

Knight  &  Marshall 20 .  oo 

"        "      E.  E.  Maxwell 10 .  oo 

"      C    F.  Hills 10.00 

"        "       Unknown  subscriber 10.00 

"        "      Sale  of  seventy-four  banquet  tickets  at  $6.00. .  444.00        $1,544.00 

Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $5,094.00 

Examined  and  found  correct. 

(Signed)  HENRY  L.   TURNER, 

Secretary  Citizens'  Committee. 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

BY. 

Disbursed  by  Treasurer  Turner,  through  J.  C.  Underwood: 
Amount  paid  Oakwoods  Cemetery  Association,  on 
order    So.    Granite   Co.,    account 
construction  of  monument  founda- 
tion    $432 . 26 

Amount  paid  Chattanooga  Car  and  Foundry  Co.  .  140.80 

J.  L.  Fulton  &  Co.,  for  foundations  175.00 


Carried  forward. 


$748.06 


26; 


Brought  forward $    748 .06 

Amount  paid  W.  S.  Jackson,  for  grand  stand.  .  .  .  225  oo 

"     for  decorating  grand  stand 25.00 

"     Gallagher  Floral  Company 150.00 

"     Western  Bank  Note  Company .    ...  504.00 

"     Rand,  McNally  &  Co 9-35 

' '     Leroy  Payne  &^Co 304  50 

"     Imperial- Arion  Octet 100  oo 

' '     Palmer    House 67 . 45 

"     Barrett's  Bindery 3 .50 

' '     for  stationery 8  50 

"    postage 29.00 

"       "     telegrams 15-79 

"       "    expressage 1.15 

"       "    stenographic   services 141.40 

"       "    office  assistant   60.00 

"     J.  C.  U.  ($100  and  $244  94)  refund- 
ing expenses 344 . 94 

Amount  paid  Arthur  Dixon  Transfer  Company.  .  35 .00 

"     B.  F.    Jenkins 15-5° 

,'   "           "     refunding  expenditures  of  guests..  20.00 

"     for  special  assistance 15.00 

"       "    newspapers  for  guests 6.60        $2,829.74 

Disbursed  by  Treasurer  Turner,  direct — 
Amounts  paid,  viz: 

Kinsley  &  Bauman,  account  banquet 1,036. 12 

C.  H.  Smiley, account  refreshments  at  armory  174.00 

Pullman  Band,  account  music  at  cemetery.  .  521.00 
Rogers  &  Wells,  Dunwell  &  Ford  and  Geo  E. 

Cole,  for  stationery,  printing,  etc 72.50 

Hibbard,  Spencer  &  Bartlett,  for  cartridges  48.20 

M.  L.  Allen, for  reporting  speeches  at  banquet  48 . 25 

Postage  stamps 50.00 

Clerical  service 8 .  oo 

Various  amounts  paid  for  sundry  services, etc., 

reported  in  aggregate  by  Col.  Turner. .  .  230.27 

Cash  on  hand  as  reported  by  Col.  Turner.  ..  75-92       $2,264.26        $5,094.00 

Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $5,094.00 


CERTIFICATE. 


Examined  and  found  correct,  as  approved  and  paid  under  audit  by  R.  A.  Waller, 
G.  B.  Shaw  and  R.  L.  Henry,  finance  committee. 

(Signed)         HENRY  L    TURNER, 

Secretary  Citizens'   Committee. 


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BALANCED  ENTRIES  OF  RECEIPTS  AND  DISBURSEMENTS 

OF  DONATIONS  BY  CASH  CREDITS  ON  BILLS  AND  IN  SERVICES  AND 
MATERIALS  ABSOLUTE  AND  ESTIMATED. 

RECEIPTS. 
TO  DR. 

Cash  value  from  United  States  Government,  by  act  of  Con- 
gress donating  cannon,  shot  and  shell,  esti- 
mate by  Lieut.  J.  T.  Thompson,  Ord  Dept. 

U.  S.  A $3,500 .00 

Cash  value  from  The  Oakwoods  Cemetery  Ass'n,  Chicago. .  . .  557-78 

"     Palmer  House  (estimate) 600.00 

"     Cohen  &Co., Cincinnati, O., printing,  etc. (est.)  300.00 

"     Rand,  McNally  &  Co.,  Chicago  (estimate)..  200.00 

"     Western  Bank   Note  Company,  Chicago....  85.00 

"     Arthur  Dixon  Transfer  Company,  Chicago.  .  79.00 

"         "     R.  H    Stewart,  Chicago 63.90 

"     Leroy  Payne,   Chicago 60.00 

"          "          "     R.  L.  France,  Jr.,   Chicago  (estimate) 30.00 

"          "          "     Chattanooga   Car    and   Foundry    Company, 

Chattanooga,    Tenn 25 .  oo 

Cash  value  from  E    W.   Blatchford  &  Co. ,  Chicago 21 . 58 

"          "          "     Adams  and  Southern  Express  Companies(est.)  50.00 

"          "          '      Jacob,   Coles  &  Co  ,  Chicago 10.00 

A    L    Fife,   Chicago 10.00 

"          "          "     Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  (estimate) 750.00 

C.  C.  C    &  St.  L   (Big  Four)  R'y  (estimate).  400.00 

"     Illinois  Central  Railroad  (estimate) 250.00 

"     Cincinnati   Southern     Railway    (Queen   and 

Crescent  Route)  (estimate). 200.00 

Cash  value  from  L.   N.    A    &  C.  R'y  (Monon)  (estimate) 100.00 

C.    &   E.    L,   L.   &  N.,   N    C.  &  St    L.,   and 

W.  &  A     Railroads   (estimate) 200.00 

Cash  value  from  Southern    R'y,   Cent.   R.   R.   of    Ga.,    A    & 

W.  P.  and  M.  K.  &  T.  Railroads  (estimate) 150.00 

Cash  value  from  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company  (estimate).  .  .  300.00        $7,942.26 

Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $7,942 . 26 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

(BALANCED  ENTRIES.) 
BY  CR. 

Ordnance  from  United  States  government $3,500.00 

Tablet,  etc.,  Chattanooga  Car  and  Foundry  Co.  .  $25.00 
Sundry  Servicas  from  Oakwoods  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation    557 . 78 

Carried  forward $582.78-       $3,500.00 


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Brought  forward $582 . 78        $3, 500 .  oo 

Printing  supplies  and  rosters  of  dead  by  Cohen  & 

Co.,    Cincinnati 300.00 

Donation  off  of  bill  of  Western  Bank  Note  Co.  .  .  85.00 

"     Rand,  McNally  &  Co 200.00 

"     Payn^&Co 60.00 

"     Arthur  Dixon  Company ...  79.00 

R.  H.  Stewart,  donating  cash  paid  for  rosters.  .  .  63.90 

R.    L     France,    Jr.,    donating    services    copying 

rosters 30.00 

E.  W.  Blatchford  &  Co.,  lead  filling  shdls,  etc. .  21.58 

Jacob  Coles  &  Co.,  credit  donation  on  bill 10.00 

A.  L.  Fife,  credit  donation  on  bill 10.00          1,442.26 

Complimentary  transportation  and  entertainment 
— estimates: 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad 750.00 

C.  C.  C.  &  St.  L.  (Big  Four)  Railway 400.00 

Illinois  Central  Railroad 250.00 

Cincinnati  Southern  R'y  (Queen  &  Crescent).  200.00 

L.  N.  A.  &  C.  Railway  (Monon) 100.00 

C.    &  E.    I.,    L.   &   N.,  N.  C.   &  St.    L    and 

W.  A.  Railroads 200 .  oo 

Southern  R'y,  Central  Railroad  of  Georgia, 

A.  &  W.  P.  and  M.  K.  &  T.  Railroads. .  150.00 
Adams  and  Southern  Express  Companies.  .  .  50.00 

Pullman  Palace  Car  Company 300.00 

Palmer  House 600.00          3,000.100        $7,942.26 

Carried  forward  to  recapitulation  table $7,942 . 26 

The  balanced  donations  as  above  are  absolute  amounts  by  receipted  bills  or  credits 

on  bills,  and  in  estimates,  by  a  United  States  army  officer,  prominent  general  passenger 

agent,  and  an  experienced  hotel  manager. 


RECAPITULATION. 


RECEIPTS, 

Ag.  cols.  thro.  Spcl.  Com $11,611.26 

"       by  Cits.  Com 5,094.00 

"    val.   of  donations ...      7,942.26 

Grand  total $24,647 . 52 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

Ag.  exp.  by  Spcl.  Com $11.611.26 

"    Cits. Com. $5, 018.08 
Cash  held  by    "       "  75-92    5,094.00 

Ag.  val.  of  donations  (balanced).     7,942.26 


Grand   total $24,647.52 


Total  receipts  in  cash  and  values $24, 647 . 52 

Less  cash  on  hand,  reported  by  Secretary  Cits.  Committee 75-92 


Entire  cost  of  monument,  dedication  and  demonstration . .    $24, 571 . 60 


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COMMITTEE  PLACED  IN  CHARGE  OF  THE  MONUMENT. 

HEADQUARTERS  Div.  NORTHWEST,  U.  C.  V., 
CHICAGO,  May  30,  1895. 

To  Each  of  the  Five  Comrades  Named  in  CommunicatioJi : 

SIR  AND  COMRADE — You  are  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  monument  com- 
mittee of  five,  to  which  the  care  of  the  Confederate  monument,  cannon,  other  ordnance 
and  burial  plot  in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  this  city,  is  specially  intrusted  and  delegated. 
All  under  the  rules  of  the  said  cemetery  and  supervising  control  of  the  U.  S.  Army 
officer  having  charge  of  the  government  lot. 

The  roster  of  the  monument  committee  is  as  follows  :  Col.  R.  H.  Stewart,  Col. 
Samuel  J.  Sullivan,  Lieut. -Col  R.  Lee  France,  Lieut. -Col.  Geo.  Forrester,  Lieut. -Col. 
John  W.  White;  all  officers  and  past  officers  of  Camp  No.  8,  U.  C.  V. 

The  committee  is  empowered  with  full  authority  to  perpetuate  itself,  by  filling 
vacancies  therein  which  may  occur  by  death,  removal  from  the  city  or,  in  fact,  from 
any  cause. 

The  committee's  actions  shall  be  subject  to  inspection  by  the  division  commander 
and  other  proper  U.  C.  V.  officers. 

Special  orders  pertinent  to  this  commission  will  issus  and  be  promulgated. 

In  confidence  and  with  command, 

(Signed)         JOHN  C.  UNDERWOOD, 

Major-General,  U.  C.  V.  Commanding. 


GENERAL  THANKS. 


The  author  desires  to  thus  publicly  thank  the  various  contributors  to  the  monument 
and  other  funds:  Chicago  Camp  No.  8,  and  other  bodies  of  the  United  Confederate 
Veteran  Federation;  the  Sons  of  Veterans  U.  C.  V.;  various  committees  and  ladies  of 
the  south  that  secured  flowers;  the  Chicago  Citizens'  committee  of  130;  the  First  regi- 
ment infantry,  "D"  Battery  Light  Artillery,  Chicago  City  Troop  "C,"  I.  N.  G.;  the 
Black  Hussars,  independent  cavalry;  Columbia  Post  No.  706,  G.  A.  R.;  associated  press 
of  the  general  country;  Gen.  D.  W.  Flagler,  chief  of  ordnance,  U.  S.  A.;  Gen.  J.  D.  Bing- 
ham,  Col.  M.  I.  Ludington  and  Maj.  F.  H.  Hathaway,  quartermaster  department,  U.  S.  A.; 
the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  various  clubs  and  theaters  of  Chicago,  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  Queen  City  club  of  Cincinnati;  the  commandant  and  officers  at  Fort  Thomas, 
Ky.,  and  all  others  not  specially  thanked,  for  support  and  assistance,  incidental  to  the 
construction  and  dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument  at  Chicago,  and  the  reception 
and  entertainment  of  the  guests  on  the  great  occasion  of  the  northern-southern 
demonstration. 


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OFFICIAL  COMMUNICATIONS. 

CONFEDERATE  CEMETERY  AT  ROCK  ISLAND,   ILL. 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  ORDNANCE,  1 
v-  UNITED  STATES  ARMY, 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  February  26,  1895.  ) 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  U.  C.  V.    etc.: 

MY  DEAR  GENERAL — In  compliance  with  your  request  that  I  give  you  a  short 
description  of  my  work  in  grading  and  fitting  up  the  Confederate  Soldiers'  cemetery  at 
Rock  Island  arsenal  while  that  arsenal  was  under  my  command,  I  take  pleasure  in 
stating  as  follows: 

This  cemetery  consists  of  a  plot  of  ground  263  feet  7  inches  by  266  feet  7  inches, 
as  sho%vn  on  accompanying  map,  and  the  burials  in  it  were  the  bodies  of  soldiers  who 
died  from  sickness  and  wounds  from  the  hospital  attached  to  the  military  prison  on  the 
island  of  Rock  Island  during  our  civil  war.  There  were  1,960  buried  there.  Many  of 
these  burials  were  made  during  the  extreme  cold  of  winter,  when  the  ground  was  frozen 
to  a  depth  of  from  three  to  four  feet,  and  the  difficulties  of  excavation  had  left  the 
ground  quite  rough.  It  had  never  been  nicely  graded  before  the  burials.  I  took  com- 
mand of  the  arsenal  in  May  1871.  The  temporary  board  fence  which  had  been  built 
around  the  plot  of  ground  was  at  that  time  broken  down.  There  was  no  appropriation 
or  fund  with  which  this  cemetery  could  be  fitted  up.  I  had  the  ground  nicely  graded, 
seeded  and  sodded  by  my  enlisted  men.  I  then  planted  a  Confederate  cannon  at  each  of 
the  four  corners  of  the  plot  of  ground  and  by  ordinates  measured  from  the  axes  of  these 
guns, determined  the  actual  location  of  each  grave,  made  a  plat  of  the  same,  numbered  each 
grave  on  the  plat,  and  prepared  five  lists  of  the  dead,  giving  the  same  numbers  on  these 
lists  that  are  given  on  the  plat,  so  that  by  obtaining  the  names  of  any  of  the  dead,  by  the 
corresponding  number,  the  exact  location  of  each  man's  grave  can  be  determined  upon 
the  plot.  I  then  laid  out  a  walk  around  the  plot  and  made  the  fence  by  running  an  iron 
chain  on  each  side  between  the  guns  and  supporting  it  by  iron  posts  placed  about  twelve 
feet  apart,  leaving  the  chain  drooping  between  the  posts.  I  also  planted  two  rows  of 
trees  around  the  plot,  one  on  each  side  of  the  walk,  and  laid  out  a  drive,  by  which  visi- 
tors could  reach  it  and  pass  along  one  side  of  the  cemetery.  I  took  pains  to  keep  the 
cemetery  in  nice  order  during  my  fifteen  years'  command  of  the  arsenal,  and  I  believe 
this  attention  to  it  has  been  continued  since.  Very  sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)         D.  W.  FLAGLER, 
Brigadier-General,  Chief  of  Ordnance,   U.  S.  A. 

COURTESIES. 

FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY,   I.  N.   G. 

CHICAGO,    March  27,  1895. 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Covington,  Ky. : 

DEAR  SIR — In  reference  to  your  invitation  that  myself  and  the  First  regiment 
co-operate  in  the  dedication  ceremonies  of  the  Confederate  monument  in  Oakwoods 
cemetery,  and  the  reunion  of  prominent  generals  of  both  the  Union  and  Confederate 
service  on  May  30,  1895,  I  have  to  say  that  I  shall  be  glad  to  place  at  your  disposal  a 


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volunteer  company*  from  the  regiment  for  service  at  the  cemetery  in  the  morning  and 
will  personally  assume  responsibility  for  all  details  of  the  reception  to  be  given  the 
visiting  officers  at  the  First  regiment  armory  in  the  evening,  including  in  the  pro- 
gram, if  desired,  a  regimental  parade.  I  should  be  glad  to  serve  on  your  reception 
committee. 

That  you  may  understand  my  action  is  not  only  authorized  but  approved  by  my 
superior  officers,  I  have  to  add  that  I  hold  approval  from  Adjt.-Gen.  Orendorff  and  Gen. 
Wheeler.  Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)         HENRY  L.  TURNER, 

Colonel  First  Infantry  I.  Ar.  G . 


FIRST  SQUADRON  CAVALRY,   I.   N.   G. 

CHICAGO  CITY  TROOP,  / 

CHICAGO,  April  6,  1895.  \ 
Gen.   John   C.  Underwood,    City: 

MY  DEAR  SIR — I  have  the  honor  to  tender  to  you  the  Chicago  City  Troop  to  act  as 
an  escort  to  the  distinguished  Union  and  ex-Confederate  generals,  who  will  visit  Chi- 
cago, May  3oth,  to  participate  in  the  dedication  exercises  at  Oakwoods  cemetery. 

Trusting  that  the  escort  will  be  accepted,  and  assuring  you  that  we  shall  feel  greatly 
honored  thereby,  believe  me,  my  dear  sir.  Your  most  obedient  servant, 

(Signed)         M.  L.  C.  FUNKHOUSER, 

Captain   Commanding. 

INDEPENDENT  CAVALRY. 

BLACK  HUSSARS, 
CHICAGO,  April  15,  1895. 
Gen.   Underwood,    City: 

DEAR  GENERAL — On  behalf  of  the  Black  Hussars  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  I  hereby 
tender  their  services  as  escort  to  you  for  service  on  the  3oth  of  May  at  the  unveiling  of 
the  ex-Confederate  monument.  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)         L.   M.  COPE,  (Signed)         T.   S.   QUINCEY, 

First  Sergeant.  Captain. 

FIRST  BATTALION  ARTILLERY,   I,   N.   G. 

HEADQUARTERS 
"D"  BATTERY,  LIGHT  ARTILLERY,  I.  N.  G. 

CHICAGO,  May,  1895. 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Palmer  House,  City  : 

SIR — I  hereby  tender  the  courtesy  of  firing  a  national  salute  from  Lake  Front  park 
on  the  morning  of  May  30,  next,  as  the  Confederate  parade  passes  along  Michigan 
avenue  en  route  to  Oakwoods  cemetery,  to  dedicate  the  monument  over  the  southern 
dead  there  buried. 

I  would  be  glad  to  fire  the  guns  at  the  cemetery,  but  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to 
do  so  and  return  in  time  to  take  part  in  the  memorial  parade  in  the  afternoon. 

Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)         ALFRED  RUSSELL, 

Captain  Commanding. 

*The  entire   regiment   volunteered   and   fired    three   volleys    over   the   Confederate   dead   in   the 
cemeterv. 


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TRI-STATE  VETERANS'  ASSOCIATION. 

OHIO,  INDIANA,  MICHIGAN, 

Gov.  J.  B.  FORAKER,  Gov.  ISAAC  P.  GRAY,  Gov.  R.  A.  ALGER, 

Second  Vice-President.  President.  First  Vice-President. 

COLONEL  J.  W.  YOUNGE, 
Adjutant-  General. 

«  FORT  WAYNE,  Ind.,  May  19,  1895. 

Gen.  John  C.   Underwood,  Chicago,  III.  : 

DEAR  SIR — I  have  the  honor  to  respectfully  inform  you  that  I  have  been  requested 
by  the  Tri-State  Veterans'  Association,  to  be  present  at  the  unveiling  of  the  monument 
at  Chicago,  May  3oth,  in  honor  of  the  Confederate  dead,  as  the  representative  of  the 
above  association.  Their  fortitude,  privations,  courage  and  bravery  merit  our  respect. 
Braver  men  never  drew  a  saber  or  shouldered  a  musket  than  the  Confederate  soldiers. 
They  were  Americans,  and  that  covers  all. 

I  propose  arriving  at  Chicago  Wednesday  night,  on  train  No.  7,  via  P.  Ft.  W.  & 
C.  R.  R.  (2gth  instant.)  Where  will  your  headquarters  be  Thursday  morning? 

(Signed)        J.  W.  YOUNGE, 
Adjutant-General  Tri-State  Veterans'  Association. 

CHICAGO  VETERAN  ASSOCIATION, 

HEADQUARTERS, 
CHICAGO  VETERAN  ASSOCIATION, 

CHICAGO,  May  24,  1895. 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  City: 

DEAR  SIR — The  Chicago  Veteran  Association  will  hold  memorial  services  in 
Oakwoods  cemetery  at  their  lot,  on  Decoration  Day,  May  30,  1895,  at  11:00  a.  m.,  sharp. 
Immediately  thereafter  they  will  proceed  to  the  Confederate  lot  and  decorate  the  graves 
of  the  Confederate  soldiers  there  interred.  The  association  will  also  place  near  the 
monument  of  the  Confederate  dead  a  magnificent  floral  cross,  eight  feet  high.  This 
association  has  for  the  past  fourteen  years  decorated  the  Confederate  graves  in  Oakwoods 
cemetery,  and,  in  1884,  had  a  mound  of  flowers  forty  feet  by  twenty  feet,  upon  the 
Confederate  lot,  with  the  words  "Confederate  Dead."  This  association  is  heartily  in 
favor  of  your  work,  in  erecting  a  monument  in  honor  of  brave  men,  and  we  hereby 
pledge  to  you  our  support  and  sympathy. 

We  remain  most  respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)         C.  J.  ANDREWS, 

Secretary  Chicago  Veteran  Association. 

DECORATING  COMMITTEE. 

CHICAGO,  June  15,  1895. 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Major-General  Commanding  U.  C.   V.: 

MY  DEAR  GENERAL — The  following  is  a  list  of  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  who 
assisted  in  the  work  of  decorating  on  May  2gth,  at  Oakwoods  cemetery: 

Mesdames  Walter  F.  Moring,  Charles  Ingrain,  John  P.  Fitzgerald,  R.  Lee  France, 
S.  H.  Richardson,  Tilden,  Bailey,  McChesney,  Nalle,  Linde. 
Misses  Cora  Moring,  Alice  Carbin. 
Comrades  J.  S.  Busk,  W.  B.  Phipps,  E.  G.  Leitch,  Bennett. 

Very  truly  your  comrade, 

(Signed)         B.  F.  JENKINS, 

Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


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ENDORSEMENT  OF  THE  PROPOSED  CHICAGO 
SOUTHERN  MOVEMENT. 


CHICAGO,  June  n,  1895. 

In  consequence  of  the  great  success  of  Chicago's  late  friendly  demonstration  toward 
the  southern  states,  through  the  very  cordial  reception  and  hospitable  entertainment  of 
distinguished  military  representatives  therefrom,  because  of  the  favor  and  good  feeling 
in  which  Chicago  is  held  throughout  the  entire  south,  and  with  the  purpose  of  strength- 
ening such  reciprocal  good  will,  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood's  plan  for  the  business  firms 
of  the  city  to  send  to  the  Cotton  States'  exposition  at  Atlanta,  the  middle  to  last  of 
October,  a  large  delegation  of  classified  representatives,  to  be  accompanied  by  the 
Directory  of  the  late  Columbian  exposition,  and  all  under  the  escort  of  the  First 
regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G.  is  heartily  approved. 

THEREFORE,  the  undersigned  agree  to  lend  their  aid  toward  furthering  such  move- 
ment, with  the  immediate  view  of  constituting  a  general  committee  as  a  basis  for 
subsequent  organization  and  determination  of  collective  and  special  interests,  plans  to 
be  perfected  hereafter,  and  will  endeavor  to  attend  a  preliminary  meeting  on  call. 


THE  PRESS. 

H.  H.  Kohlsaat,   The  Times- Her -aid and  Evening  Post. 

R.  A.  Patterson,   The  Chicago  Tribune. 

Wm.  Penn  Nixon,   The  Chicago  Inter  Ocean. 

Victor  F.  Lawson,   The  Chicago  Reco rd  and  Evening  News. 

H.  W.  Seymour,   The  Chronicle. 

Melville  E.  Stone,  Associated  Press. 

John  R.  Wilson,   The  Journal. 

F.  C.  Pierce,  Chicago  Evening  Journal. 

Joseph  R.  Dunlop,   The  Dispatch. 

PUBLIC  OFFICIALS. 

His  Honor,  Geo.  B.  Swift,  Mayor  of  Chicago. 

Maj.-Gen  Alfred  Orendorff,  Adjutant-General  State  of  Illinois. 

Brig. -Gen.  Harris  A.  Wheeler,  First  brigade  I.  N.  G. 

Col.  Henry  L.  Turner,  First  Regiment  infantry,  I.  N.  G. 


BANKERS  AND  CAPITALISTS. 

Lyman  J.  Gage,  First  National  Bank. 

John  J.  Mitchell,  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 

John  R.  Walsh,  Chicago  National  Bank. 

C.  L.  Hutchinson,  Corn  Exchange  Bank. 

G.  B.  Shaw,  American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 


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Ferdinand  W.  Peck,  Capitalist. 
E.  F.  Lawrence,  Capitalist. 
Clarence  I.  Peck,  Capitalist. 
J.  J.  P.  Odell,  Union  National  Bank. 

E.  S.  Lacey,  Bankers'  National  Bank. 
Chauncev  J.  Blair,  Merchants'  National  Bank. 
John  W.  King.  Fort  Dearborn  National  Bank. 
Byron  L.  Smith,  Northern  Trust  Company. 
William  A.  Giles,  Capitalist. 

Francis  B.  Peabody,  Banker. 

Henry  W.  Leman,  Title  and  Trust  Company. 

Chas.  L.  Willoughby,  Capitalist,  and  of  Willoughby,  Hill  &  Co 

Winston  &  Co.,  Bankers  and  Brokers. 

F.  H.  Winston,  Capitalist. 
Robt.  Law,  Capitalist. 


GRAIN,   COMMISSION   AND  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

Charles  Counselman  of  Chas.  Counselman  &  Co. 


Carrington,  Hannah  &  Co. 

Lloyd  J.  Smith. 

L.   W.   Bodman. 

Francis  J.  Kenneth. 

R.  W.  Dunham. 

U.  T.  Wright. 

Calumet  Grain  &  Elevator  Co. 

Wm.  T.  Baker. 

W.  P.  McCabe. 

J.  H.  Osborne. 

Geo.  T.  Essix. 

Theo.  R.  Wright. 

H.  W.  Rogers. 

William  J.   Doe. 

P.  B.  Weare. 

C.  S.  Bentley. 

W.  H.  Crocker. 

John  Hill,   Jr. 

F.  M.  Scofield. 


B.  A.  Eckhart. 

E.  A.  Bigelow. 

S    G.  Lynn. 

Harry  Raymond. 

James  Crighton. 

W,  S.  Seavsrns. 

Frank  Marshall. 

Israel  P.  Rumsey. 

S.  A.  Scribner. 

J.  H.  Hurlbut. 

J.  W.  Richard. 

Jno.  J.  Bryant. 

Ira  S.  Isadore, 

James  Carrathers. 

Buell  Grain  Company. 

Wm.  J.  Pope. 

Chas.  T.  Raymond. 

Star  Crescent  Milling  Co. 

Geo.  W.  Stone. 


Wm.  H.   Harpsr. 
Ernest  F.  Smith. 
F.  L.  Stevens. 
J.  H.  Norton. 
W.  S.  Booth. 
C.  W.  Requa. 
W.  C.  Erwin  &  Co. 
Gilbert  Montague. 
John  C.  Nately. 
Wm.  B.  Andrews. 
John  Cudahy. 
A.  W.  Green. 
Henry  Batford. 
John  Gaynor. 
F.  S.  Hanson. 
J.  H.  Wilbury. 
Roswell  P.  Fish. 
E   B.  Baldwin. 


Swift  &  Co. 


PACKERS. 


A.  H    Veeder. 

A.  Booth  Packing  Company. 


Libby,  McNeill  &  Libby. 


GROCERS. 


A.  A.  Sprague. — Sprague,  Warner  &  Co. 

W.  M.   Hoyt  &  Co. 

John  A.  Tolman  Company. 


Franklin  MacVeagh  &  Co. 

Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co. 

C.  Jevne  &  Co.  (Otto  C.  Ericson). 


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CONFECTIONER. 
C.  F.  Gunther. 


Alfred  Russell  &  Co. 
John  Muir. 
Wayne  Low. 
A.  H    Barber. 
Wm.  Martin  &  Co. 
S.  R.  Udell  &  Co. 


COMMISSION,  FRUITS  AND  PRODUCE. 

Washington  Porter  of  Porter  Bros. 

C.  W.  Cornell.  J.  F.  Fish  &  Co. 

J.  H.  Johnston  &  Co.  T.  S.  Randall  &  Co. 

Earl  Bros.  A.  H.  Weaver  &  Co. 

Price  &  Keith.  E.  R.  Baker. 

A.  A.  Kennard  &  Co.  A.  C    Dow  &  Co. 


John  A.  Palmer  &  Co. 


Merrill  &  Eldredge. 


Barnett  Bros. 
E.  A.  Roser  &  Co. 


DRY  GOODS. 


H.  N.  Higinbotham  of  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 
Jno.  G.  Shedd  of  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 
Harry  G.  Self  ridge  of  Marshall  Field  &  Co 
A.  L.  Bell  of  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 
John  E.  Scott  of  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co. 


A.  McLeish  of  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co. 
A.  M.  Rothschild  of  A.  M.  Rothschild  &  Co. 
David  Mayer  of  Schlesinger  &  Mayer. 
E.  Mandel  of  Mandel  Bros. 
Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co.,  per  F.  H.  Cooper. 


Chas.  B.  Farwell  of  J.  V.  Farwell  &  Co. 


BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

C.  M.  Henderson  &  Co.,  by  Martin  Howard 

M.  D.  Wells  &  Co.  Selz,  Schwab  &  Co. 

Phelps,  Dodge  &  Palmer  Company  C.  H.  Fargo  &  Co. 

Geo.  W.  Ludlow  Company,  C.  N.  Black,  treasurer. 


CLOTHIERS. 

Henry  W.  King  &  Co.  L.  C    Wachsmuth  &  Co. 

E.  Rothschild  &  Bros.  Cahn,  Wampold  &  Co. 

Guthman,  Ullman  &  Silverman.  H.  G 


Ederheimer,  Stein  &  Co 
Kahn  Bros. 
Purinton,  merchant  tailor. 


CLOAKS. 
Griswold,  Palmer  &  Co.  B.  Israel  &  Co. 


F.  Siegel  &  Bros. 


HATS,   CAPS,  GLOVES  AND  STRAW  GOODS. 
Keith  Brothers  &  Co.  Bush,  Simmons  &  Co.  Sweet,  Dempster  &  Co. 

MILLINERY 


Edson,  Keith  &  Co. 


D.  B.  Fisk  &  Co. 


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FURNITURE  AND  HOUSE  FURNISHINGS. 

Alexander  H.  Revell  of  A.  H.  Revell  &  Co.  . 

Frank  B.  Tobey  of  the  Tobey  Furniture  Company.  ^ 

A.  H.  Andrews  of  A.  H.  Andrews  &  Co.  J.  S.  Ford,  Johnson  &  Co. 

GOLD  AND  SILVERWARE,  JEWELRY  AND  PRECIOUS  STONES. 

Spaulding  &  Co  ,  by  Lloyd  Miller,  Treas.  Hyman,  Berg  &  Co. 

C.  K.  Giles  of  Giles  Bros.  &  Co. 

CHINA  AND  POTTERY. 
Burley  &  Tyrell.  Pitkin  &  Brooks. 

PAINTS,   OILS,   VARNISHES,   ETC. 

F.  W.  Devoe  &  C.  T.  Raynolds  Co.  Heath  &  Milligan  Manufacturing  Company. 

D.  R.  Armstrong  &  Co. 

DECORATORS. 

The  Almini  Company,  by  Col.  R.  H.  Stewart.  J.  G.  McCarthy. 

Chicago  Decorating  Company,  Geo.  Mart,  Treas. 

MACHINERY. 

William  J.  Chalmers  of  Fraser  &  Chalmers. 

McCormick  Harvesting  Machine  Company. 

Heine  Safety  Boiler  Company,  by  Jas.  H.  Harris. 

CARRIAGE  MANUFACTURERS. 
Jas.  J.  Andrews  of  C.  P.  Kimball  Company. 

HARDWARE. 
Hibbard,  Spencer,  Bartlett  &  Co.  Orr  &  Lockett  Hardware  Company. 

BOOKS,   STATIONERY,   PRINTING. 

A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.  Andrew  McNally  of  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 

William  H.  Rand  of  Rand,  McNally  &  Co.       T.  C.  Haynes  of  Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 
Western  Publishing  House,  by  H.  L.  Turner,  President. 

PAPER  MANUFACTURERS  AND  DEALERS. 
George  H.  Taylor  &  Co.  J.  W.  Butler  Paper  Company. 


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MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS. 

W.  W.  Kimball  Company.  Lyon  &  Healy. 

Lyon,  Potter  &  Co.  (C.  A.  Potter.) 


GUNS,  TACKLE,  WHEELS  AND  EVERY  CHARACTER  OF  SPORTING  GOODS. 

A.  G.  Spalding  &  Bros. 
Gormully  &  Jeffery  Manufacturing  Company,  R.  Philip  Gormully,  President. 


ARCHITECTS. 
Henry  Ives  Cobb.  W.  W.  Boyington  &  Co. 

FIREWORKS. 
Consolidated  Fireworks  Company  of  America. 


REAL    ESTATE. 


Dunlap  Smith,  Pres't  Real  Estate  Board. 
W.  T.  Block  of  Grant  Land  Association. 


Louis  A.  Seeberger. 
B.  F.  Jacobs. 
Byron  A.  Baldwin  & 
R.  L.  Martin. 
Jay  Dwiggins. 
W.  M.   Baker. 
Edwin  F.  Getchell. 
Josiah  L.  Lombard. 
John  A.  Doherty. 
Eugene  H.  Fishburn 
Geo.  L.  Warner. 
Winston  &  Co. 


James  H.  Van  Vlissingen. 
W.W.Baird  of  Baird  &  Warner. 
Co.  Isaac  F.  Rubel. 

Knott,  Lewis  &  Co. 

W.  D.  Kerfoot  Company. 

Cuthbert  W.  Laing. 

R    E  Ismond. 

E.  C.  Crane. 

R.  W.  Hyman. 

C.  L.  Hammond. 

S.  Wilmer  Farwell. 

S.  E.  Gross. 


Malcom  McNeill. 
H.  S.  Dietrich. 
Eugene  A.  Bornique. 
Edward  S.  Hyman. 
William  A.  Bond. 
B.  R.  De  Young. 
Frederick  S.  Oliver. 
Walter   H.  Wilson. 
V.  H.  Surghnor. 
P.  L.  Garrity. 
W.  H.  Cairnduff. 


John  S    Cooper. 
Samuel  B.  Foster. 


LAWYERS. 

F.  H.  Wintson. 

Jno.  J.  Knickerbocker. 


Henry  W.  Leman. 


MINISTERS  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

Rt.  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows,  LL.  D.,  Bishop  Reformed  Episcopal  Church. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Bolton,  D.  D.,  Pastor  Centenary  M.  E.  Church. 
Rev.  Hiram  W.  Thomas,  D.  D.,  Pastor  People's  Church. 
Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones,  D.  D.,  Pastor  All  Souls  Church. 


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HOTELS. 
Palmer  House,  Col.  H.  T.  Brien.  Mgr. 

INSURANCE. 

R.  A.  Waller.  M.  L.  C.  Funkhouser.  W.  A.  Alexander. 

Thos.  S.  Quincey. 

DAIRY. 

Central  Creamery  Company. 

TRANSPORTATION  COMPANY. 
Gen.  Joseph  Stockton. 

LUMBER. 
Francis  Beidler  of  Francis  Beidler  &  Co. 

GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  FIXTURES. 
C.  A.  Vosburgh,  Mgr.,  W.  C.  Vosburgh  Manufacturing  Company. 

PLATE  GLASS. 
Geo.  F.  Kimball  of  Geo.  F.  Kimball  &  Co. 

CONTRACTOR. 
Geo.   C.   Prussing. 

SURVEYORS. 
Samuel  S.  Greeley  of  Greeley-Carlson  Company. 

RAWHIDES. 
The  Chicago  Rawhide  Manufacturing  Company,  Wm.  H.  Preble,  Secretary. 

NEWSPAPER  ADVERTISING. 
Lord  &  Thomas.  D.  M.  Lord. 


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CHICAGO,   June  15,  1895. 
Gen.  John   C.   Underwood,  Palmer  House,  Chicago: 

DEAR  SIR — In  reply  to  the  questions  you  submit  to  me  as  to  the  feasibility  of  getting 
representative  bodies  here  in  Chicago  to  attend  the  Cotton  States'  exposition  that  is  to 
be  held  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  to  visit  said  exposition  during  the  month  of  October,  I  wish  to 
state  that  I  am  heartily  in  favor  of  such  a  movement,  and  would  be  very  glad  indeed  to 
see  the  directors  and  ex-directors  of  our  World's  Columbian  exposition,  also  the  repre- 
sentatives of  our  great  commercial  interests,  and  also  to  have  accompany  such  represen- 
tative bodies  some  of  our  military,  I  think  would  be  a  most  excellent  thing,  and  I 
certainly  would  lend  all  the  aid  I  could  in  my  humble  way  in  furthering  such  an 
enterprise. 

I  wish  to  state  right  here  that  I  had  a  little  experience  with  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy from  1862  to  1865  and,  I  to-day,  have  a  bullet  in  my  possession  that  passed 
through  my  left  shoulder.  I  want  to  state,  general,  that  I  bear  no  malice.  I  consider 
the  war  ended  and  all  malice  and  everything  pertaining  thereto  should  be  buried,  and  I 
am  most  happy  to  join  and  do  everything  I  can  in  any  movement  that  will  forever  obliter- 
ate any  feeling,  except  that  of  brotherly  love  and  the  greatest  possible  harmony  between 
the  north  and  the  south,  and  I  willingly  will  take  pleasure  in  doing  anything  I  can  to 
help  you  further  the  movement  in  the  interest  of  the  Cotton  States'  exposition.  I  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 
(Signed)         WASHINGTON  PORTER. 


H.  L.  TURNER  &  Co.,  BANKERS,  ETC.  \ 
CHICAGO,  ILLINOIS.          ) 

[Extract  from  letter  of  June  15,  1895.] 
Gen.  John  C.  Underwood,  Palmer  House,  Chicago; 

DEAR  SIR — Your  letter  of  June  nth,  addressed  to  Mr.  Peck  and  myself,  duly 
received. 

From  the  multitude  of  cordial  expressions  which  have  come  to  me  personally  from 
different  parts  of  the  south,  I  am  convinced  that  your  statement  that  the  south  is  just  at 
this  time  especially  friendly  to  this  city,  is  wholly  true.  I  believe  that  your  suggestion 
for  a  convention  at  Atlanta  between  the  business  men  of  Chicago  and  of  the  south,  could 
be  made  of  great  and  direct  financial  interest  to  this  city.  I  am  further  convinced  that  the 
especially  warm  feeling  of  the  entire  south  toward  the  First  regiment,  for  its  outspoken 
and  unhesitating  co-operation  in  the  recent  dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument  in 
this  city,  is  so  ardent  that  its  services  as  escort  would  insure  an  overwhelming  reception 
to  the  party.  ****** 

[Letter  of  July  2,  1895.] 
Gen.   John   C.    Underwood,  Palmer  House,   Chicago: 

DEAR  SIR — In  reply  to  your  inquiry  as  to  the  possibility  of  taking  the  First  regiment 
to  Atlanta  in  the  latter  part  of  October  or  the  ist  of  November  next,  I  have  to  say  that 
provided  a  sufficient  interest  is  manifested  by  the  business  men  of  the  city  to  secure  the 
consent  of  employers  to  allow  the  men  to  go,  and  provided  the  regiment  is  put  to  no 
expense,  I  will  take  the  regiment,  numbering  probably  about  seven  hundred  officers  and 
men,  with  bugle  and  drum  corps  of  about  forty  pieces,  with  full  equipment, .both  fatigue 
and  full  dress  uniform  and  will  give  such  parades,  reviews,  and  exhibition  drills  as  you 
may  deem  desirable.  Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)         HENRY  L.   TURNER, 

Colonel  First  Infantry,  I.  N .  G. 


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PERSONAL    TO    THE    AUTHOR. 
PRISONER. 

[From  the  Files  in  the  Record  and  Pension  Office,  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C.] 

UNITED  STATES  PENSION  AGENCY,  ) 
LOUISVILLE,  KY.,  March  17,  1894.          ) 
To  Whom  It  May  Concern: 

This  is  to  certify  that  my  command,  the  Seventeenth  Kentucky  (Federal)  cavalry, 
was  stationed  in  southern  Kentucky  during  the  fall  and  summer  of  1864,  and  spring  of 
1865,  with  headquarters  at  Bowling  Green.  I,  therefore,  became  acquainted  with 
ex-Lieut. -Gov.  John  C.  Underwood,  then  a  young  man,  and  a  prisoner  on  parole.  Mr. 
Underwood,  though  a  son  of  Judge  Joseph  R.  Underwood,  an  influential  Union  man, 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  south,  and  was  reported  to  have  gone  to  Richmond,  Va.,  in 
the  summer  "of  1862.  Upon  the  retreat  of  Bragg's  army  from  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  the 
spring  of  1863,  young  Underwood  was  captured,  sick,  with  typhoid  fever,  and  brought  in 
a  feeble  condition  to  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  during  the  early  summer  of  that  year;  and, 
while  convalescing,  reported  to  Col.  Maxwell,  at  the  time  commandant  of  that  post. 
John  C.  Underwood  was  the  only  Confederate  of  his  family,  and  notwithstanding  the 
strong  Federal  influence  possessed  by  his  father  and  his  family  ties,  he  refused  to  take 
the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  United  States  and  succeeded  in  obtaining  an  order  to  be 
put  through  the  Federal  lines  into  the  so-called  Confederate  States. 

He  claimed  to  be  a  citizen  of  Virginia,  but  the  army  people  suspected  him  of  hold- 
ing a  commission  in  the  Confederate  army.  Pursuant  with  the  order  for  him  to  be  put 
through  the  Confederate  lines  south,  he  was  sent  to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  for  some  rea- 
son Gen.  Granger  would  not  pass  him  through  his  lines,  and,  consequently  returned  him 
to  Bowling  Green,  and  he  was  sent  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  placed  in  prison,  afterward 
taken  to  the  military  prison  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  some  months 
and  was  finally  sent  to  Fort  Warren,  Boston  harbor,  the  latter  part  of  October,  1863,  and 
confined  there  until  released  on  parole  some  time  during  the  last  of  the  summer  of  1864. 

I  have  always  understood  by  the  influence  of  his  father's  friends,  Hon.  Thomas  C. 
Corwin  of  Ohio,  and  Senator  Chas.  Sumner  of  Massachusetts,  he  secured  his  release, 
President  Lincoln  directing  the  secretary  of  war  to  specially  parole  him.  Anyway,  his 
parole  required  him  "not  to  enter  an  insurgent  state  during  the  war  without  permission 
from  the  secretary  of  war." 

He  was  reported  to  have  gone  direct  from  Fort  Warren  to  Washington  to  try  to 
effect  his  way  south,  and  it  was  also  stated  that  the  Confederate  commissioner  of 
exchange  had  proffered  to  make  a  special  exchange  for  him,  but  failing  in  such  purpose 
he  came  to  Bowling  Green  about  August  or  September,  1864,  when  I  commanded 
the  post.  He  was  then,  and  ever,  a  pronounced  Confederate  and  was  very  restless 
under  restraint;  and  some  time  during  the  fall  of  1864,  he  again  went  to  Washington, 
hoping  to  obtain  the  desired  exchange,  but  failing,  returned  and  said  that  his  friends 
who  helped  him  out  of  prison  would  not  assist  toward  affecting  his  exchange  that  he 
might  go  south 

He  refused  and  spurned  every  proposition  to  take  the  oath,  though  it  would  have 
been  greatly  to  his  personal  advantage  to  have  done  so,  and  he  was  so  ultra  in  his 


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southern  expressions  that  during  an  interview  after  the  assassination  of  President 
Lincoln  angry  words  passed  between  us.  He  again  went  to  Washington,  I  think  in 
February,  1865,  to  attempt  his  exchange,  but  did  not  succeed,  and  returning,  was  even 
more  pronounced  in  his  southern  sentiments,  and  was  true  to  his  cause  to  the  end. 

(Signed)       T.   W.  CAMPBELL, 

Late  Lieutenant-Colonel  Seventeenth  Kentucky  Cavalry, 
and  commandant  post  at  Bowling  Green,  Ky. 

OFFICIAL.  COPY:  ") 

By  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(Signed)     F.  C.  AINSWORTH, 

Col.,  U.  S.  A.,  Chief  of  Office. 


MILITARY  POSITIONS 

MARCUS  J.    WRIGHT, 
Agent  for  the  Collection  of  Confederate  Records. 

WAR  RECORDS   OFFICE, 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.,  February  25,  1895. 
Col    yohn  C.  Underwood,  Covington,  Ky.; 

MY  DEAR  COLONEL — I  have  to  inform  you  that  the  records  of  the  Confederate  army 
show  that  you  commenced  your  service  in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  staff  officer  of  Gen. 
S.  B.  Buckner,  and  subsequently  you  were  appointed  a  *lieutenant  of  engineers  in  the 
Confederate  States  army,  and  afterward  an  appointment  was  made  by  the  secretary  of 
war  of  the  Confederate  States,  making  George  B.  Hodge  a  colonel,  and  you  a  {lieuten- 
ant-colonel, to  raise  troops  for  the  Confederate  army.  This  was  in  May,  1863.  You 
were  afterward  captured  by  the  Federal  army  while  very  sick,  and  that  your  application 
for  exchange  was  refused  by  Secretary  Stanton;  that  you  were  imprisoned  in  Louisville, 
Ky.,  and  in  Cincinnati,  and  finally  taken  to  Fort  Warren,  Boston  harbor,  where  you 
remained  a  prisoner  nearly  a  year,  and  were  specially  paroled  in  July,  1864,  and  on  leav- 
ing Fort  Warren  you  want  to  Washington,  endeavoring  to  effect  your  exchange,  which 
was  refused.  Very  respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)    ,  MARCUS  J.  WRIGHT, 

Agent  of  the  War  Department. 


ENDORSEMENTS. 

Considering  the  high  military  source  of  the  statement,  it  is  pardon- 
able to  make  public  the  following: 

Gen.  Longstreet,  on  taking  the  southern  train  at  Cincinnati,  the 
evening  of  June  2,  1895,  while  parting  with  the  author,  was  so  consid- 
erate and  kind  as  to  say,  in  substance:  "I  regret  you  were  captured 
early  and  had  not  an  important  command  during  the  war,  for  had  such 
been  the  case  I  believe  you  could  and  would  have  rendered  valuable 


*On  recommendations  from  Maj.-Gen.  S.  B  Buckner,  C.  S.  A.,  Hon.  T.  H.  Watts  of  Ala.,  attorney 
general  C.  S.,  Col.  G.  W.  C.  Lee  of  President  Davis'  staff,  and  others. 

"  When  a  young  man  Lieut. -Gov.  Underwood,  then  a  lieutenant  of  engineers  in  the  Confederate 
army,  served  in  my  command.  He  proved  efficient  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties."  *  *  *  * 

March  6,  1893.  (Signed)  "  S.  B.  BUCKNER." 

tBy  direction  of  President  Davis,  through  instructions  conveyed  to  Mr.  Seddon,  secretary  of  war 
C.  S.,  by  Col.  Wm.  Preston  Johnston  of  the  president's  staff. 


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service  to  the   Confederacy;  "  and,  subsequently,    in  answer  to  a  letter 
of  thanks  for  his  favorable  opinion,  he  replied  with  this  communication: 

Gen.  y.  C.  Underwood,   Covington,  Ky.: 

MY  DEAR  SIR— The  system  and. order  with  which  you  managed  the  large  number  of 
visitors  and  spectators  during  the  ceremonies  of  unveiling  the  monument  to  the  Confed- 
erate dead  at  Chicago  on  the  3oth  of  May  last  suggested  to  my  mind  the  great  advantage 
of  such  order  and  system,  could  we  have  had  it  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the 
year  or  two  of  its  last  service  in  the  field. 

I  am  pleased  to  so  state  in  thanking  you  for  your  untiring  attentions  during  our 
travels  going  to  and  returning  from  Chicago.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)         JAMES  LONGSTREET. 


VETERAN  CORPS, 

FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY  I.  N.  G. 
CHICAGO,   February  13,  1896. 


Gen.  John   C.     Underwood,      Major-General    Commanding    United   Confederate    Veterans, 
Room  4,  260  Clark  street.  City  : 

DEAR  GENERAL — At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Veteran  corps  of  the  First  regi- 
ment infantry  I.  N.  G.,  held  at  the  armory  on  Monday  evening,  February  10,  1896, 
after  the  historian  read  his  report,  on  motion  of  Comrade  Lawrence  M.  Ennis  the 
following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

"Be  it  Resolved  by  the  members  of  the  Veteran  corps  of  the  First  regiment 
infantry  I.  N.  G.,  at  its  annual  meeting,  that  the  thanks  of  this  corps  are  due  and  are 
hereby  tendered  to  Gen.  John  C.  Underwood  for  his  energetic  and  enthusiastic  efforts 
which  resulted  in  the  dedication  of  the  monument  to  the  Confederate  dead  at  Oakwoods 
cemetery,  Chicago,  last  Memorial  Day,  and  the  subsequent  visit  of  the  First  regiment 
infantry  I.  N.  G.  to  Atlanta  and  the  cities  of  the  south." 

I  am  yours  very  truly. 

(Signed)         FRED.   N.  SARGENT, 

Secretary. 


THE    BEGINNING    OF    THE    END. 

As  the  result  of  Chicago's  hospitable  demonstration  toward  the 
renowned  ex-Confederate  officers  and  other  distinguished  southern 
visitors  on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the  Confederate  monument 
in  Oakwoods  cemetery,  May  30,  1895,  the  First  regiment  infantry, 
I.  N.  G. ,  made  a  tour  through  several  southern  states,  and  such  was  its 
enthusiastic  reception  by  the  people  as  it  "marched  through  Georgia," 
that  the  seed  for  burying  the  hatchet  of  the  sixties  has  been  thoroughly 
sown.  On  the  streets  of  Augusta,  company  M,  Capt.  Edw.  W.  Switzer, 
commanding,  fired  volleys  over  the  imaginary  grave  of  the  unpleasant 
past.  As  the  smoke  from  its  rifles  arose  and  became  lost  in  the  balmy 
atmosphere  of  the  southern  clime,  so  should  the  misunderstandings, 


hatreds  and  strifes  of  the  belligerent  era  be  made  to  vanish  and  recollec- 
tions be  cherished  only,  of  the  honorable,  valiant  and  noble  deeds  of  the 
contending  elements  of  the  country.  Let  the  sod  be  turned  with 
bayonets,  all  wrongs  buried  'neath  their  arch  of  steel;  let  dissensions 
disperse  and  disappear  as  smoke,  and  ever  recollect  and  herald  the 
chivalrous  attainments  and  soldierly  prowess  of  the  opposing  forces  of 
the  two  sections,  now  at  peace,  reunited  and  welded  with  bonds  of  interest 
and  love.  The  sun  rising  clear,  in  a  cloudless  sky,  by  its  golden  light 
illuminates  the  bright  future  of  the  Nation. 


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